삶다 Korean verb conjugation

to boil

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 삶다 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
삶는
아/어Infinitive
삶아
-으니Since
삶으니
합니다Formal
삶습니다

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 삶아요삶습니다삶아삶는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 삶았어요삶았습니다삶았어삶았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 삶겠어요삶겠습니다삶겠어삶겠다
-을 것이다Going to 삶을 거예요삶을 것입니다삶을 거야삶을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 삶아요?삶습니까?삶아?삶니?
과거Past 삶았어요?삶았습니까?삶았어?삶았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 삶으세요삶으십시오삶아삶아라
청유Let's 삶아요삶읍시다삶아삶자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 삶아요안 삶습니다안 삶아안 삶는다
-지 않다Not (long) 삶지 않아요삶지 않습니다삶지 않아삶지 않는다
Cannot 못 삶아요못 삶습니다못 삶아못 삶는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 삶으세요삶으십니다삶으셔삶으신다
과거Past 삶으셨어요삶으셨습니다삶으셨어삶으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
삶는
과거Past
삶은
미래Future
삶을
회상Used to
삶던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
삶고
-게-ly / so that
삶게
-어서so / and then
삶아서
-으니까since
삶으니까
-으면if / when
삶으면
-지만but
삶지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
삶는데
-어도even if
삶아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 삶고 있어요삶고 있습니다삶고 있어삶고 있다
과거Was doing 삶고 있었어요삶고 있었습니다삶고 있었어삶고 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.

재미있는 놀이입니다, 날 달걀과 삶은 달걀이 있습니다.

So the game is, one of these eggs is raw and one of them has been boiled.

다음 게임은 삶은 콩 놀이예요

The next game is called Hot Boiled Beans.

첫째, 삶은 이야기이다.

Family is a story.

대체로 삶죠.

Mostly boiled.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 삶다 in Korean?

삶다 (to boil) is 삶아요 in the polite 해요체, 삶습니다 in formal 합니다체, 삶아 in casual 반말 and 삶는다 in the plain written style. The past is 삶았어요.

What is the past tense of 삶다?

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

Is 삶다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 삶습니다, 삶아, 삶으니 all keep 삶 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 삶다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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