떠다니다

to float

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
떠다니는
아/어Infinitive
떠다녀
-으니Since
떠다니니
합니다Formal
떠다닙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠다녀요떠다닙니다떠다녀떠다닌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠다녔어요떠다녔습니다떠다녔어떠다녔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떠다니겠어요떠다니겠습니다떠다니겠어떠다니겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떠다닐 거예요떠다닐 것입니다떠다닐 거야떠다닐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠다녀요?떠다닙니까?떠다녀?떠다니니?
과거Past 떠다녔어요?떠다녔습니까?떠다녔어?떠다녔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떠다니세요떠다니십시오떠다녀떠다녀라
청유Let's 떠다녀요떠다닙시다떠다녀떠다니자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 떠다녀요안 떠다닙니다안 떠다녀안 떠다닌다
-지 않다Not (long) 떠다니지 않아요떠다니지 않습니다떠다니지 않아떠다니지 않는다
못Cannot 못 떠다녀요못 떠다닙니다못 떠다녀못 떠다닌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠다니세요떠다니십니다떠다니셔떠다니신다
과거Past 떠다니셨어요떠다니셨습니다떠다니셨어떠다니셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
떠다니는
과거Past
떠다닌
미래Future
떠다닐
회상Used to
떠다니던

Joining clauses

-고and
떠다니고
-게-ly / so that
떠다니게
-어서so / and then
떠다녀서
-으니까since
떠다니니까
-으면if / when
떠다니면
-지만but
떠다니지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떠다니는데
-어도even if
떠다녀도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떠다니고 있어요떠다니고 있습니다떠다니고 있어떠다니고 있다
과거Was doing 떠다니고 있었어요떠다니고 있었습니다떠다니고 있었어떠다니고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

당신의 시야에 떠다니는 것들을 본 적이 있나요?

Have you ever noticed something swimming in your field of vision?

어딘가에서 전자가 대기에 있는 전자구름들을 떠다닙니다.

Somewhere an electron flies off its energy cloud.

빌,날따라오면,형도떠다닐거야.

Bill, if you'll come with me, you'll float, too.

저는 떠다니는 섬을 생각해왔습니다.

And so I have been looking at floating islands.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 떠다니다 in Korean?

떠다니다 (to float) is 떠다녀요 in the polite 해요체, 떠다닙니다 in formal 합니다체, 떠다녀 in casual 반말 and 떠다닌다 in the plain written style. The past is 떠다녔어요.

What is the past tense of 떠다니다?

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

Is 떠다니다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 떠다닙니다, 떠다녀, 떠다니니 all keep 떠다니 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 떠다니다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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