서리다 Korean verb conjugation

to fog up

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 서리다 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
서리는
아/어Infinitive
서려
-으니Since
서리니
합니다Formal
서립니다

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 서려요서립니다서려서린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서렸어요서렸습니다서렸어서렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 서리겠어요서리겠습니다서리겠어서리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 서릴 거예요서릴 것입니다서릴 거야서릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서려요?서립니까?서려?서리니?
과거Past 서렸어요?서렸습니까?서렸어?서렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 서리세요서리십시오서려서려라
청유Let's 서려요서립시다서려서리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 서려요안 서립니다안 서려안 서린다
-지 않다Not (long) 서리지 않아요서리지 않습니다서리지 않아서리지 않는다
Cannot 못 서려요못 서립니다못 서려못 서린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서리세요서리십니다서리셔서리신다
과거Past 서리셨어요서리셨습니다서리셨어서리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
서리는
과거Past
서린
미래Future
서릴
회상Used to
서리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
서리고
-게-ly / so that
서리게
-어서so / and then
서려서
-으니까since
서리니까
-으면if / when
서리면
-지만but
서리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
서리는데
-어도even if
서려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 서리고 있어요서리고 있습니다서리고 있어서리고 있다
과거Was doing 서리고 있었어요서리고 있었습니다서리고 있었어서리고 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.

이해하시죠? 그리고 누군가 제게 제 아내 케서린에 대해서 물었어요, 함께 이곳에 왔냐고.

And somebody asked me about Catherine, my wife, you know, did she fly out with me or something?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 서리다 in Korean?

서리다 (to fog up) is 서려요 in the polite 해요체, 서립니다 in formal 합니다체, 서려 in casual 반말 and 서린다 in the plain written style. The past is 서렸어요.

What is the past tense of 서리다?

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

Is 서리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 서립니다, 서려, 서리니 all keep 서리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 서리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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