뜻하다

to mean

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뜻하는
아/어Infinitive
뜻하
-으니Since
뜻하니
합니다Formal
뜻합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜻하요뜻합니다뜻하뜻한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜻핬어요뜻핬습니다뜻핬어뜻핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜻하겠어요뜻하겠습니다뜻하겠어뜻하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜻할 거예요뜻할 것입니다뜻할 거야뜻할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜻하요?뜻합니까?뜻하?뜻하니?
과거Past 뜻핬어요?뜻핬습니까?뜻핬어?뜻핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뜻하세요뜻하십시오뜻하뜻하라
청유Let's 뜻하요뜻합시다뜻하뜻하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뜻하요안 뜻합니다안 뜻하안 뜻한다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜻하지 않아요뜻하지 않습니다뜻하지 않아뜻하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 뜻하요못 뜻합니다못 뜻하못 뜻한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜻하세요뜻하십니다뜻하셔뜻하신다
과거Past 뜻하셨어요뜻하셨습니다뜻하셨어뜻하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜻하는
과거Past
뜻한
미래Future
뜻할
회상Used to
뜻하던

Joining clauses

-고and
뜻하고
-게-ly / so that
뜻하게
-어서so / and then
뜻하서
-으니까since
뜻하니까
-으면if / when
뜻하면
-지만but
뜻하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜻하는데
-어도even if
뜻하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뜻하고 있어요뜻하고 있습니다뜻하고 있어뜻하고 있다
과거Was doing 뜻하고 있었어요뜻하고 있었습니다뜻하고 있었어뜻하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

전 교육이 단순히 수업만을 뜻하지 않는다고 생각합니다.

I personally believe education is not all about the syllabus.

그게 뭘 뜻합니까?

What does that mean?

이건 무얼 뜻할까요?

What does this tell us?

무엇을 뜻하는 걸까요?

But what does that mean?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜻하다 in Korean?

뜻하다 (to mean) is 뜻하요 in the polite 해요체, 뜻합니다 in formal 합니다체, 뜻하 in casual 반말 and 뜻한다 in the plain written style. The past is 뜻핬어요.

What is the past tense of 뜻하다?

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

Is 뜻하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뜻합니다, 뜻하, 뜻하니 all keep 뜻하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뜻하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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