선보이다 Korean verb conjugation

to show, present, display

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 선보이다 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
선보이는
아/어Infinitive
선보여
-으니Since
선보이니
합니다Formal
선보입니다

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 선보여요선보입니다선보여선보인다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 선보였어요선보였습니다선보였어선보였다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 선보이겠어요선보이겠습니다선보이겠어선보이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 선보일 거예요선보일 것입니다선보일 거야선보일 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선보여요?선보입니까?선보여?선보이니?
과거Past 선보였어요?선보였습니까?선보였어?선보였니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 선보이세요선보이십시오선보여선보여라
청유Let's 선보여요선보입시다선보여선보이자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 선보여요안 선보입니다안 선보여안 선보인다
-지 않다Not (long) 선보이지 않아요선보이지 않습니다선보이지 않아선보이지 않는다
Cannot 못 선보여요못 선보입니다못 선보여못 선보인다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선보이세요선보이십니다선보이셔선보이신다
과거Past 선보이셨어요선보이셨습니다선보이셨어선보이셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
선보이는
과거Past
선보인
미래Future
선보일
회상Used to
선보이던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
선보이고
-게-ly / so that
선보이게
-어서so / and then
선보여서
-으니까since
선보이니까
-으면if / when
선보이면
-지만but
선보이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
선보이는데
-어도even if
선보여도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 선보이고 있어요선보이고 있습니다선보이고 있어선보이고 있다
과거Was doing 선보이고 있었어요선보이고 있었습니다선보이고 있었어선보이고 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.

몇몇 놀라운 것들도 선보였습니다.

We also had some surprises. Let's take a look.

1908년에 포드는 모델 T 차량을 선보였고,

In 1908, Ford introduced the Model T car.

최고의 매력을 선보이다

to show off one's best side

이 장치는 처음으로 선보이는 것입니다.

We are showing this for the first time.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 선보이다 in Korean?

선보이다 (to show, present, display) is 선보여요 in the polite 해요체, 선보입니다 in formal 합니다체, 선보여 in casual 반말 and 선보인다 in the plain written style. The past is 선보였어요.

What is the past tense of 선보이다?

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

Is 선보이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 선보입니다, 선보여, 선보이니 all keep 선보이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 선보이다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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