식다 Korean verb conjugation

to cool down

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 식다 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
식는
아/어Infinitive
식어
-으니Since
식으니
합니다Formal
식습니다

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 식어요식습니다식어식는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 식었어요식었습니다식었어식었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 식겠어요식겠습니다식겠어식겠다
-을 것이다Going to 식을 거예요식을 것입니다식을 거야식을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 식어요?식습니까?식어?식니?
과거Past 식었어요?식었습니까?식었어?식었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 식으세요식으십시오식어식어라
청유Let's 식어요식읍시다식어식자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 식어요안 식습니다안 식어안 식는다
-지 않다Not (long) 식지 않아요식지 않습니다식지 않아식지 않는다
Cannot 못 식어요못 식습니다못 식어못 식는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 식으세요식으십니다식으셔식으신다
과거Past 식으셨어요식으셨습니다식으셨어식으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
식는
과거Past
식은
미래Future
식을
회상Used to
식던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
식고
-게-ly / so that
식게
-어서so / and then
식어서
-으니까since
식으니까
-으면if / when
식으면
-지만but
식지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
식는데
-어도even if
식어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 식고 있어요식고 있습니다식고 있어식고 있다
과거Was doing 식고 있었어요식고 있었습니다식고 있었어식고 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.

식기 전에 어서 먹어

Eat up before it gets cold.

여자가 늙으면 인기도 식지

Men grow cold As girls grow old

라떼는 침대 옆에 있고 식었을 거다

Your latte is by your bed, and I'm pretty sure it's cold.

그렇게 섰지 말고 들어와 차 식겠다

Don't just stand there. Come in. Your tea's getting cold.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 식다 in Korean?

식다 (to cool down) is 식어요 in the polite 해요체, 식습니다 in formal 합니다체, 식어 in casual 반말 and 식는다 in the plain written style. The past is 식었어요.

What is the past tense of 식다?

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

Is 식다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 식습니다, 식어, 식으니 all keep 식 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 식다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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