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둥글다

둥글다

Korean

Adjective

둥글다 • ‎(dunggeulda) ‎(infinitive 둥글어, sequential 둥그니)

to be round, circular

Conjugation

Selected forms of the adjective 둥글다 (dunggeulda)

Stems
Stem 1	둥글 (dunggeul)
Stem 2	둥글어 (dunggeureo)
Stem 3	둥그 (dunggeu)
Conjugation type	Consonant-stem, ㄹ(l)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	둥글다 dunggeulda past: 둥글었다 dunggeureotda	둥글어 dunggeureo past: 둥글었어 dunggeureosseo	둥글어요 dunggeureoyo past: 둥글었어요 dunggeureosseoyo	둥급니다 dunggeumnida past: 둥글었습니다 dunggeureotseumnida
Interrogative	둥그냐 dunggeunya past: 둥글었냐 dunggeureonnya	둥글어 dunggeureo past: 둥글었어 dunggeureosseo	둥글어요 dunggeureoyo past: 둥글었어요 dunggeureosseoyo	둥급니까 dunggeumnikka past: 둥글었습니까 dunggeureotseumnikka
Assertive	둥글겠다 dunggeulgetda	둥글겠어 dunggeulgesseo	둥글겠어요 dunggeulgesseoyo	둥글겠습니다 dunggeulgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason	둥글어 dunggeureo	둥글어서 dunggeureoseo	둥그니 dunggeuni	둥그니까 dunggeunikka
Contrast	둥글지만 dunggeuljiman	둥근데 dunggeunde	둥글더니 dunggeuldeoni
Conjunction	둥글고 dunggeulgo
Condition	둥글면 dunggeulmyeon	둥글어야 dunggeureoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		둥긂 dunggeum	둥글기 dunggeulgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		둥글었음 dunggeureosseum	둥글었기 dunggeureotgi
Determiners	present		둥근 dunggeun
Determiners	future		둥글 dunggeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	둥그시다 dunggeusida past: 둥그셨다 dunggeusyeotda	둥그셔 dunggeusyeo past: 둥그셨어 dunggeusyeosseo	둥그세요, 둥그셔요 dunggeuseyo, dunggeusyeoyo past: 둥그셨어요 dunggeusyeosseoyo	둥그십니다 dunggeusimnida past: 둥그셨습니다 dunggeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	둥그시냐 dunggeusinya past: 둥그셨냐 dunggeusyeonnya	둥그셔 dunggeusyeo past: 둥그셨어 dunggeusyeosseo	둥그세요, 둥그셔요 dunggeuseyo, dunggeusyeoyo past: 둥그셨어요 dunggeusyeosseoyo	둥그십니까 dunggeusimnikka past: 둥그셨습니까 dunggeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive	둥그시겠다 dunggeusigetda	둥그시겠어 dunggeusigesseo	둥그시겠어요 dunggeusigesseoyo	둥그시겠습니다 dunggeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason	둥그셔 dunggeusyeo	둥그셔서 dunggeusyeoseo	둥그시니 dunggeusini	둥그시니까 dunggeusinikka
Contrast	둥그시지만 dunggeusijiman	둥그신데 dunggeusinde	둥그시더니 dunggeusideoni
Conjunction	둥그시고 dunggeusigo
Condition	둥그시면 dunggeusimyeon	둥그셔야 dunggeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		둥그심 dunggeusim	둥그시기 dunggeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		둥그셨음 dunggeusyeosseum	둥그셨기 dunggeusyeotgi
Determiners	present		둥그신 dunggeusin
Determiners	future		둥그실 dunggeusil

See also

Derived term: 둥그렇다 (dunggeureota, “to be circular”)
Ablaut variants: 동글다 (donggeulda, “to be round”), 뒹굴다 (dwinggulda, “to roll about, to idle one's time away”)

References

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-06-07), “둥글다”, in 표준국어대사전