탈피하다 Korean verb conjugation

to shed, to molt

Every form of 탈피하다 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
탈피하는
아/어Infinitive
탈피하
-으니Since
탈피하니
합니다Formal
탈피합니다

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 탈피하요탈피합니다탈피하탈피한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탈피핬어요탈피핬습니다탈피핬어탈피핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 탈피하겠어요탈피하겠습니다탈피하겠어탈피하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탈피할 거예요탈피할 것입니다탈피할 거야탈피할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탈피하요?탈피합니까?탈피하?탈피하니?
과거Past 탈피핬어요?탈피핬습니까?탈피핬어?탈피핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 탈피하세요탈피하십시오탈피하탈피하라
청유Let's 탈피하요탈피합시다탈피하탈피하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 탈피하요안 탈피합니다안 탈피하안 탈피한다
-지 않다Not (long) 탈피하지 않아요탈피하지 않습니다탈피하지 않아탈피하지 않는다
Cannot 못 탈피하요못 탈피합니다못 탈피하못 탈피한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탈피하세요탈피하십니다탈피하셔탈피하신다
과거Past 탈피하셨어요탈피하셨습니다탈피하셨어탈피하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
탈피하는
과거Past
탈피한
미래Future
탈피할
회상Used to
탈피하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
탈피하고
-게-ly / so that
탈피하게
-어서so / and then
탈피하서
-으니까since
탈피하니까
-으면if / when
탈피하면
-지만but
탈피하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
탈피하는데
-어도even if
탈피하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 탈피하고 있어요탈피하고 있습니다탈피하고 있어탈피하고 있다
과거Was doing 탈피하고 있었어요탈피하고 있었습니다탈피하고 있었어탈피하고 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.

나는 피부를 탈피하는 뱀과도 같아

I am like a snake which has shed its skin.

그들은 시대 정신을 탈피하는 것 때문에도 유명하죠.

They're also notorious for riffing off of the zeitgeist.

자신의 이야기를 하고, 밀레니얼에 대한 고정관념을 탈피하기 위해 싸우죠.

They're fighting to get their stories told and bust the millennial stereotype.

모든 사람들이 홀로 가서 더 잘한다면 집단의 행동에서 나오는 왜곡된 문제들을 탈피하는 좋은 아이디어를 만들어 낼 수 있습니다.

Much better for everybody to go off by themselves, generate their own ideas freed from the distortions of group dynamics, and then come together as a team to talk them through in a well-managed environment and take it from there.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 탈피하다 in Korean?

탈피하다 (to shed, to molt) is 탈피하요 in the polite 해요체, 탈피합니다 in formal 합니다체, 탈피하 in casual 반말 and 탈피한다 in the plain written style. The past is 탈피핬어요.

What is the past tense of 탈피하다?

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

Is 탈피하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 탈피합니다, 탈피하, 탈피하니 all keep 탈피하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 탈피하다?

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.