설레다 Korean verb conjugation

to be excited and flutter

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 설레다 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
설레는
아/어Infinitive
설레
-으니Since
설레니
합니다Formal
설렙니다

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 설레요설렙니다설레설렌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 설렜어요설렜습니다설렜어설렜다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 설레겠어요설레겠습니다설레겠어설레겠다
-을 것이다Going to 설렐 거예요설렐 것입니다설렐 거야설렐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 설레요?설렙니까?설레?설레니?
과거Past 설렜어요?설렜습니까?설렜어?설렜니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 설레세요설레십시오설레설레라
청유Let's 설레요설렙시다설레설레자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 설레요안 설렙니다안 설레안 설렌다
-지 않다Not (long) 설레지 않아요설레지 않습니다설레지 않아설레지 않는다
Cannot 못 설레요못 설렙니다못 설레못 설렌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 설레세요설레십니다설레셔설레신다
과거Past 설레셨어요설레셨습니다설레셨어설레셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
설레는
과거Past
설렌
미래Future
설렐
회상Used to
설레던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
설레고
-게-ly / so that
설레게
-어서so / and then
설레서
-으니까since
설레니까
-으면if / when
설레면
-지만but
설레지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
설레는데
-어도even if
설레도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 설레고 있어요설레고 있습니다설레고 있어설레고 있다
과거Was doing 설레고 있었어요설레고 있었습니다설레고 있었어설레고 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.

새로운 작품에 무척 설렙니다.

I'm really excited about this new work.

키트를 만날 생각에 엘라는 무척 설레었어요

Ella was enormously excited to see Kit, the apprentice.

좀 비켜라 여러분께 라이언 하워드 씨를 소개하게 되어 정말 설렙니다

Get out of the way. I'm really excited to introduce you guys to Ryan Howard.

여행 때문에 설레나요?

Excitement about a big trip?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 설레다 in Korean?

설레다 (to be excited and flutter) is 설레요 in the polite 해요체, 설렙니다 in formal 합니다체, 설레 in casual 반말 and 설렌다 in the plain written style. The past is 설렜어요.

What is the past tense of 설레다?

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

Is 설레다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 설렙니다, 설레, 설레니 all keep 설레 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 설레다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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