싸이다 Korean verb conjugation

to be surrounded

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 싸이다 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
싸이는
아/어Infinitive
싸여
-으니Since
싸이니
합니다Formal
싸입니다

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 싸여요싸입니다싸여싸인다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 싸였어요싸였습니다싸였어싸였다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 싸이겠어요싸이겠습니다싸이겠어싸이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 싸일 거예요싸일 것입니다싸일 거야싸일 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싸여요?싸입니까?싸여?싸이니?
과거Past 싸였어요?싸였습니까?싸였어?싸였니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 싸이세요싸이십시오싸여싸여라
청유Let's 싸여요싸입시다싸여싸이자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 싸여요안 싸입니다안 싸여안 싸인다
-지 않다Not (long) 싸이지 않아요싸이지 않습니다싸이지 않아싸이지 않는다
Cannot 못 싸여요못 싸입니다못 싸여못 싸인다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싸이세요싸이십니다싸이셔싸이신다
과거Past 싸이셨어요싸이셨습니다싸이셨어싸이셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
싸이는
과거Past
싸인
미래Future
싸일
회상Used to
싸이던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
싸이고
-게-ly / so that
싸이게
-어서so / and then
싸여서
-으니까since
싸이니까
-으면if / when
싸이면
-지만but
싸이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
싸이는데
-어도even if
싸여도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 싸이고 있어요싸이고 있습니다싸이고 있어싸이고 있다
과거Was doing 싸이고 있었어요싸이고 있었습니다싸이고 있었어싸이고 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.

우리 차는 완전 둘러 싸였어요

You're really wedged in there.

도시의 반이 지금 충격에 싸였거든

Half the city is in shock right now.

많은 사건이 아직 비밀에 싸여 있다.

Most trials are held in secret.

각자의 책상에 옷감으로 싸여진 뭔가가 올려져 있어요.

There's something wrapped in cloth placed on each table.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 싸이다 in Korean?

싸이다 (to be surrounded) is 싸여요 in the polite 해요체, 싸입니다 in formal 합니다체, 싸여 in casual 반말 and 싸인다 in the plain written style. The past is 싸였어요.

What is the past tense of 싸이다?

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

Is 싸이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 싸입니다, 싸여, 싸이니 all keep 싸이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 싸이다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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