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다듬다 conjugation (dadeumda, to prune, to trim)

To say to prune, to trim politely in the present tense, use 다듬어요 (dah-deu-muh-yoh) · dadeumeoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 다듬다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Grammar note (regular): Regular verbs and adjectives conjugate predictably. Before 어-series suffixes, vowels may contract (가 + 아 → 가, 보 + 아 → 봐), but no consonant in the stem changes. If the final vowel of the stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, use 아; otherwise use 어. Consonant-final stems: 먹 + 어 → 먹어; vowel-final: 가 + 아 → 가.

Conjugation table

pron. = pronunciation guide  · RR = Revised Romanization

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
다듬어
dah-deu-muh
dadeumeo
다듬어요
dah-deu-muh-yoh
dadeumeoyo
다듬습니다
dah-deum-seum-nee-dah
dadeumseumnida
Past
다듬었어
dah-deu-muh-ssuh
dadeumeosseo
다듬었어요
dah-deu-muh-ssuh-yoh
dadeumeosseoyo
다듬었습니다
dah-deu-muh-sseum-nee-dah
dadeumeosseumnida
Future
다듬을 거야
dah-deu-meul guh-yah
dadeumeul geoya
다듬을 거예요
dah-deu-meul guh-yae-yoh
dadeumeul geoyeyo
다듬을 겁니다
dah-deu-meul guhm-nee-dah
dadeumeul geomnida

Other useful forms

Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
다듬으세요
dah-deu-meu-sae-yoh
dadeumeuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
다듬어요
dah-deu-muh-yoh
dadeumeoyo
Question Polite (요)
다듬어요?
dah-deu-muh-yoh-?
dadeumeoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
다듬고
dah-deum-goh
dadeumgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
다듬으면
dah-deu-meu-myuhn
dadeumeumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
다듬고 있어요
dah-deum-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
dadeumgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
다듬고 싶어요
dah-deum-goh shee-puh-yoh
dadeumgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
다듬을 수 있어요
dah-deu-meul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
dadeumeul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
다듬어서
dah-deu-muh-suh
dadeumeoseo
Noun form — (기)
다듬기
dah-deum-gee
dadeumgi
Noun form — (음)
다듬음
dah-deu-meum
dadeumeum