따라다니다 Korean verb conjugation

to follow around

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 따라다니다 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: 따라다니는
아/어Infinitive: 따라다녀
-으니Since: 따라다니니
합니다Formal: 따라다닙니다

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	따라다녀요	따라다닙니다	따라다녀	따라다닌다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	따라다녔어요	따라다녔습니다	따라다녔어	따라다녔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	따라다니겠어요	따라다니겠습니다	따라다니겠어	따라다니겠다
-을 것이다Going to	따라다닐 거예요	따라다닐 것입니다	따라다닐 거야	따라다닐 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	따라다녀요?	따라다닙니까?	따라다녀?	따라다니니?
과거Past	따라다녔어요?	따라다녔습니까?	따라다녔어?	따라다녔니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	따라다니세요	따라다니십시오	따라다녀	따라다녀라
청유Let's	따라다녀요	따라다닙시다	따라다녀	따라다니자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 따라다녀요	안 따라다닙니다	안 따라다녀	안 따라다닌다
-지 않다Not (long)	따라다니지 않아요	따라다니지 않습니다	따라다니지 않아	따라다니지 않는다
못Cannot	못 따라다녀요	못 따라다닙니다	못 따라다녀	못 따라다닌다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	따라다니세요	따라다니십니다	따라다니셔	따라다니신다
과거Past	따라다니셨어요	따라다니셨습니다	따라다니셨어	따라다니셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 따라다니는
과거Past: 따라다닌
미래Future: 따라다닐
회상Used to: 따라다니던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 따라다니고
-게-ly / so that: 따라다니게
-어서so / and then: 따라다녀서
-으니까since: 따라다니니까
-으면if / when: 따라다니면
-지만but: 따라다니지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 따라다니는데
-어도even if: 따라다녀도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	따라다니고 있어요	따라다니고 있습니다	따라다니고 있어	따라다니고 있다
과거Was doing	따라다니고 있었어요	따라다니고 있었습니다	따라다니고 있었어	따라다니고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

1이 2에/에게/를 따라다니다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그래서 네 가지 질문들이 항상 따라다닙니다

And so with that comes four questions, always.

제가 어디를 가든 제 출신은 항상 따라다닙니다.

Where I'm from comes wherever I go.

저는 아버지가 아이들을 따라다녀야 한다고 생각했습니다.

I thought that the father was supposed to pursue the child.

왜 날 계속 따라다녀?

Why do you keep following me?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 따라다니다 in Korean?

따라다니다 (to follow around) is 따라다녀요 in the polite 해요체, 따라다닙니다 in formal 합니다체, 따라다녀 in casual 반말 and 따라다닌다 in the plain written style. The past is 따라다녔어요.

What is the past tense of 따라다니다?

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

Is 따라다니다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 따라다닙니다, 따라다녀, 따라다니니 all keep 따라다니 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 따라다니다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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