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KOREAN VERB

닮다

to take after, to look like (a parent, a relative)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take after
NegativeI don’t take after

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took after
NegativeI didn’t take after

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will take after
NegativeI won’t take after

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take after (respectfully)
PastI took after (respectfully)
FutureI will take after (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) taking after, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) taking after, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I take after
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I take after
  5. But (-지만) I take after, but…

How to use 닮다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    수아는 웃는 모습이 엄마를 많이 닮아요.

    Su-a's smile looks a lot like her mother's.

  2. Past

    민준이는 눈이 아빠를 꼭 닮았어요.

    Min-jun has exactly his father's eyes.

  3. Future

    아기가 크면 누구를 닮을 거예요?

    Who will the baby take after when she grows up?

  4. Honorific

    아버지는 할아버지를 정말 많이 닮으셨어요.

    My father takes after Grandpa so much.

  5. Connectives

    얼굴은 엄마를 닮았지만 성격은 아빠예요.

    My face takes after Mom, but my personality is Dad's.

Good to know

  • The person you look like takes 을/를, and the past 닮았어요 describes how someone looks now.

Where you hear 닮다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 하은이는 아빠를 닮았어요. Ha-eun takes after her father.
  • 지영이는 어릴 때 저를 닮았었어요. As a child, Ji-yeong looked like me.
  • 내일 사진 보면 누구 닮았는지 알 거예요. Tomorrow, when we see the photo, we'll know who she takes after.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.