쏘다니다

to roam, to wander

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쏘다니는
아/어Infinitive
쏘다녀
-으니Since
쏘다니니
합니다Formal
쏘다닙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쏘다녀요쏘다닙니다쏘다녀쏘다닌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쏘다녔어요쏘다녔습니다쏘다녔어쏘다녔다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

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

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쏘다니세요쏘다니십시오쏘다녀쏘다녀라
청유Let's 쏘다녀요쏘다닙시다쏘다녀쏘다니자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쏘다녀요안 쏘다닙니다안 쏘다녀안 쏘다닌다
-지 않다Not (long) 쏘다니지 않아요쏘다니지 않습니다쏘다니지 않아쏘다니지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쏘다녀요못 쏘다닙니다못 쏘다녀못 쏘다닌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쏘다니세요쏘다니십니다쏘다니셔쏘다니신다
과거Past 쏘다니셨어요쏘다니셨습니다쏘다니셨어쏘다니셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쏘다니는
과거Past
쏘다닌
미래Future
쏘다닐
회상Used to
쏘다니던

Joining 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

In progress

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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그들은 쏘다니면서 곡예를 부리진 않습니다.

They do not go around hot dogging it.

동네를 쏘다녔습니다.

I wandered around the towns.

Common 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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