태어나다

to be born

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
태어나는
아/어Infinitive
태어나
-으니Since
태어나니
합니다Formal
태어납니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 태어나요태어납니다태어나태어난다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 태어났어요태어났습니다태어났어태어났다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 태어나겠어요태어나겠습니다태어나겠어태어나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 태어날 거예요태어날 것입니다태어날 거야태어날 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 태어나요?태어납니까?태어나?태어나니?
과거Past 태어났어요?태어났습니까?태어났어?태어났니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 태어나세요태어나십시오태어나태어나라
청유Let's 태어나요태어납시다태어나태어나자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 태어나요안 태어납니다안 태어나안 태어난다
-지 않다Not (long) 태어나지 않아요태어나지 않습니다태어나지 않아태어나지 않는다
못Cannot 못 태어나요못 태어납니다못 태어나못 태어난다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 태어나세요태어나십니다태어나셔태어나신다
과거Past 태어나셨어요태어나셨습니다태어나셨어태어나셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
태어나는
과거Past
태어난
미래Future
태어날
회상Used to
태어나던

Joining clauses

-고and
태어나고
-게-ly / so that
태어나게
-어서so / and then
태어나서
-으니까since
태어나니까
-으면if / when
태어나면
-지만but
태어나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
태어나는데
-어도even if
태어나도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 태어나고 있어요태어나고 있습니다태어나고 있어태어나고 있다
과거Was doing 태어나고 있었어요태어나고 있었습니다태어나고 있었어태어나고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그래서 아이들에게 어떻게 태어났는지를 물었습니다.

So, I asked them about their birth story.

즉 100만 이상의 아이들이 더 태어났다는 거죠.

That means another one million more babies.

우리는 죽기 위해 태어났어.

We were born to die.

그리고 제 아들이 태어났죠.

And then my son was born.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 태어나다 in Korean?

태어나다 (to be born) is 태어나요 in the polite 해요체, 태어납니다 in formal 합니다체, 태어나 in casual 반말 and 태어난다 in the plain written style. The past is 태어났어요.

What is the past tense of 태어나다?

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

Is 태어나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 태어납니다, 태어나, 태어나니 all keep 태어나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 태어나다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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