성나다 Korean verb conjugation

to get angry

Every form of 성나다 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
성나는
아/어Infinitive
성나
-으니Since
성나니
합니다Formal
성납니다

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 성나요성납니다성나성난다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 성났어요성났습니다성났어성났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 성나겠어요성나겠습니다성나겠어성나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 성날 거예요성날 것입니다성날 거야성날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성나요?성납니까?성나?성나니?
과거Past 성났어요?성났습니까?성났어?성났니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 성나세요성나십시오성나성나라
청유Let's 성나요성납시다성나성나자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 성나요안 성납니다안 성나안 성난다
-지 않다Not (long) 성나지 않아요성나지 않습니다성나지 않아성나지 않는다
Cannot 못 성나요못 성납니다못 성나못 성난다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성나세요성나십니다성나셔성나신다
과거Past 성나셨어요성나셨습니다성나셨어성나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
성나는
과거Past
성난
미래Future
성날
회상Used to
성나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
성나고
-게-ly / so that
성나게
-어서so / and then
성나서
-으니까since
성나니까
-으면if / when
성나면
-지만but
성나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
성나는데
-어도even if
성나도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 성나고 있어요성나고 있습니다성나고 있어성나고 있다
과거Was doing 성나고 있었어요성나고 있었습니다성나고 있었어성나고 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.

셋째, 온라인 토론은 재빨리 성난 군중이 되어버립니다.

Third, online discussions quickly descend into angry mobs.

성난 민중의 노래가 들리느냐?

Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men?

성난 아기가 절 성나게 하네요!

I have an angry baby inside of me making me do bad things!

동시에 성난 브르타뉴 귀족들은 왕실 군대에게 돌아가라는 명령을 받았다.

At the same time, the roused Breton nobility was brought back to order by the royal troops.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 성나다 in Korean?

성나다 (to get angry) is 성나요 in the polite 해요체, 성납니다 in formal 합니다체, 성나 in casual 반말 and 성난다 in the plain written style. The past is 성났어요.

What is the past tense of 성나다?

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

Is 성나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 성납니다, 성나, 성나니 all keep 성나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 성나다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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