새다 Korean verb conjugation

to dawn

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 새다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
새는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
새니
합니다Formal
샙니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 새요샙니다샌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 샜어요샜습니다샜어샜다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 새겠어요새겠습니다새겠어새겠다
-을 것이다Going to 샐 거예요샐 것입니다샐 거야샐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새요?샙니까?새?새니?
과거Past 샜어요?샜습니까?샜어?샜니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 새세요새십시오새라
청유Let's 새요샙시다새자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 새요안 샙니다안 새안 샌다
-지 않다Not (long) 새지 않아요새지 않습니다새지 않아새지 않는다
Cannot 못 새요못 샙니다못 새못 샌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새세요새십니다새셔새신다
과거Past 새셨어요새셨습니다새셨어새셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
새는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
새던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
새고
-게-ly / so that
새게
-어서so / and then
새서
-으니까since
새니까
-으면if / when
새면
-지만but
새지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
새는데
-어도even if
새도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 새고 있어요새고 있습니다새고 있어새고 있다
과거Was doing 새고 있었어요새고 있었습니다새고 있었어새고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

누군가에 의해 비밀이 적에게 새 나가 버렸다.

Somebody has leaked the secret to the enemy.

어제 과제하느라 밤 샜어.

Yesterday I stayed up all night doing homework.

톰은 밤을 샌 것처럼 보인다.

Tom looks like he's been up all night.

제가 밤을 새게 만들었어요.

It kept me up at night.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 새다 in Korean?

새다 (to dawn) is 새요 in the polite 해요체, 샙니다 in formal 합니다체, 새 in casual 반말 and 샌다 in the plain written style. The past is 샜어요.

What is the past tense of 새다?

샜어요 in everyday polite speech, 샜습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 새 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 새다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 샙니다, 새, 새니 all keep 새 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 새다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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