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KOREAN VERB

숨다

to hide

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hide
NegativeI don’t hide

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hid
NegativeI didn’t hide

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hide (respectfully)
PastI hid (respectfully)
FutureI will hide (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 숨다

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

  1. Present

    고양이는 손님이 오면 침대 밑에 숨어요.

    When guests come, the cat hides under the bed.

  2. Past

    아이들이 모두 커튼 뒤에 숨었어요.

    The kids all hid behind the curtain.

  3. Future

    이번에는 옷장 안에 숨을 거예요.

    This time I'll hide in the wardrobe.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 전쟁 때 산에 숨으셨어요.

    Grandpa hid in the mountains during the war.

  5. Connectives

    비가 와서 처마 밑에 숨어서 기다렸어요.

    It was raining, so I hid under the eaves and waited.

  6. Requests and commands

    빨리 침대 밑에 숨어, 수아가 온다!

    Quick, hide under the bed, Su-a's coming!

Good to know

  • 숨다 is to hide yourself; 숨기다 is to hide something. 숨바꼭질 is hide-and-seek.

Where you hear 숨다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 하은이는 카메라 앞에서 숨어요. Ha-eun hides in front of the camera.
  • 어제 할머니께서 부엌에 숨으셨어요. Yesterday Grandma hid in the kitchen.
  • 내일은 아무도 안 숨을 거예요. Tomorrow nobody will hide.

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