쏘다니다 Korean verb conjugation

to roam, to wander

Every form of 쏘다니다 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
쏘다니는
아/어Infinitive
쏘다녀
-으니Since
쏘다니니
합니다Formal
쏘다닙니다

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 쏘다녀요쏘다닙니다쏘다녀쏘다닌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쏘다녔어요쏘다녔습니다쏘다녔어쏘다녔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쏘다니겠어요쏘다니겠습니다쏘다니겠어쏘다니겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쏘다닐 거예요쏘다닐 것입니다쏘다닐 거야쏘다닐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쏘다녀요?쏘다닙니까?쏘다녀?쏘다니니?
과거Past 쏘다녔어요?쏘다녔습니까?쏘다녔어?쏘다녔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쏘다니세요쏘다니십시오쏘다녀쏘다녀라
청유Let's 쏘다녀요쏘다닙시다쏘다녀쏘다니자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 쏘다녀요안 쏘다닙니다안 쏘다녀안 쏘다닌다
-지 않다Not (long) 쏘다니지 않아요쏘다니지 않습니다쏘다니지 않아쏘다니지 않는다
Cannot 못 쏘다녀요못 쏘다닙니다못 쏘다녀못 쏘다닌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쏘다니세요쏘다니십니다쏘다니셔쏘다니신다
과거Past 쏘다니셨어요쏘다니셨습니다쏘다니셨어쏘다니셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
쏘다니는
과거Past
쏘다닌
미래Future
쏘다닐
회상Used to
쏘다니던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
쏘다니고
-게-ly / so that
쏘다니게
-어서so / and then
쏘다녀서
-으니까since
쏘다니니까
-으면if / when
쏘다니면
-지만but
쏘다니지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쏘다니는데
-어도even if
쏘다녀도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쏘다니고 있어요쏘다니고 있습니다쏘다니고 있어쏘다니고 있다
과거Was doing 쏘다니고 있었어요쏘다니고 있었습니다쏘다니고 있었어쏘다니고 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.

그들은 쏘다니면서 곡예를 부리진 않습니다.

They do not go around hot dogging it.

동네를 쏘다녔습니다.

I wandered around the towns.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쏘다니다 in Korean?

쏘다니다 (to roam, to wander) is 쏘다녀요 in the polite 해요체, 쏘다닙니다 in formal 합니다체, 쏘다녀 in casual 반말 and 쏘다닌다 in the plain written style. The past is 쏘다녔어요.

What is the past tense of 쏘다니다?

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

Is 쏘다니다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쏘다닙니다, 쏘다녀, 쏘다니니 all keep 쏘다니 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쏘다니다?

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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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.