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KOREAN VERB

넘기다

to hand over, to pass on (papers, plans); to turn (a page)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hand over
NegativeI don’t hand over

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI handed over
NegativeI didn’t hand over

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will hand over
NegativeI won’t hand over

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hand over (respectfully)
PastI handed over (respectfully)
FutureI will hand over (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 넘기다

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

  1. Present

    저는 서류를 확인하고 부장님께 넘겨요.

    I check the papers and pass them on to the manager.

  2. Past

    어제 새 계획서를 팀장님께 넘겼어요.

    Yesterday I handed the new plan over to the team leader.

  3. Future

    이 일은 다음 주에 수아한테 넘길 거예요.

    I'll pass this job on to Su-a next week.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 오래된 사진첩을 저에게 넘기셨어요.

    Grandma passed her old photo album on to me.

  5. Connectives

    페이지를 넘기면 정답이 바로 나와요.

    If you turn the page, the answer is right there.

  6. Requests and commands

    책을 조심히 넘기세요, 오래된 책이에요.

    Turn the pages carefully, it's an old book.

Good to know

  • 넘기다 goes with pages, papers and deadlines: 책장을 넘기다, 서류를 넘기다, 마감을 넘기다 (to miss a deadline).

Where you hear 넘기다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 계획은 매주 교감 선생님께 넘겨요. The plans go to the vice-principal every week.
  • 서류는 어제 넘겼어요. I handed the papers over yesterday.
  • 다음 주에 명단을 넘기겠습니다. I will pass the list on next week.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.