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KOREAN VERB

넘다

to exceed, to go over, to cross

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI exceed
NegativeI don’t exceed

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI exceeded
NegativeI didn’t exceed

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will exceed
NegativeI won’t exceed

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI exceed (respectfully)
PastI exceeded (respectfully)
FutureI will exceed (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please exceed
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please exceed (formal)
  3. Plain command exceed! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t exceed

How to use 넘다

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

  1. Present

    여름에는 낮 기온이 삼십 도를 넘어요.

    In summer the daytime temperature goes over thirty degrees.

  2. Past

    벌써 열두 시가 넘었어요. 집에 가요.

    It's already past twelve. Let's go home.

  3. Future

    이번 달 손님은 천 명을 넘을 거예요.

    This month's customers will exceed a thousand.

  4. Honorific

    우리 할머니는 올해 여든을 넘으셨어요.

    My grandma passed eighty this year.

  5. Connectives

    고개를 넘으면 바로 바다가 보여요.

    Once you cross the hill, you can see the sea right away.

  6. Requests and commands

    노란 선을 넘지 마세요. 위험해요.

    Don't cross the yellow line. It's dangerous.

Good to know

  • 넘다 goes over a line, a hill or a number: 열 시가 넘었어요 means it's past ten.

Where you hear 넘다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 하객이 이백 명을 넘어요. The guests go over two hundred.
  • 손님이 백 명을 넘었어요. The guests went over a hundred.
  • 내년에는 서른다섯을 넘을 거예요. Next year I'll be over thirty-five.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.