앞세우다 Korean verb conjugation

to place in front, to have (someone) go ahead

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 앞세우다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
앞세우는
아/어Infinitive
앞세워
-으니Since
앞세우니
합니다Formal
앞세웁니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앞세워요앞세웁니다앞세워앞세운다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앞세웠어요앞세웠습니다앞세웠어앞세웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 앞세우겠어요앞세우겠습니다앞세우겠어앞세우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 앞세울 거예요앞세울 것입니다앞세울 거야앞세울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앞세워요?앞세웁니까?앞세워?앞세우니?
과거Past 앞세웠어요?앞세웠습니까?앞세웠어?앞세웠니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 앞세우세요앞세우십시오앞세워앞세워라
청유Let's 앞세워요앞세웁시다앞세워앞세우자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 앞세워요안 앞세웁니다안 앞세워안 앞세운다
-지 않다Not (long) 앞세우지 않아요앞세우지 않습니다앞세우지 않아앞세우지 않는다
Cannot 못 앞세워요못 앞세웁니다못 앞세워못 앞세운다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앞세우세요앞세우십니다앞세우셔앞세우신다
과거Past 앞세우셨어요앞세우셨습니다앞세우셨어앞세우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
앞세우는
과거Past
앞세운
미래Future
앞세울
회상Used to
앞세우던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
앞세우고
-게-ly / so that
앞세우게
-어서so / and then
앞세워서
-으니까since
앞세우니까
-으면if / when
앞세우면
-지만but
앞세우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
앞세우는데
-어도even if
앞세워도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 앞세우고 있어요앞세우고 있습니다앞세우고 있어앞세우고 있다
과거Was doing 앞세우고 있었어요앞세우고 있었습니다앞세우고 있었어앞세우고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

조작자를 보고 있습니다. 훈련된 아프리카인으로 쥐를 앞세워서 좌우로 움직입니다.

You see an operator, a trained African with his rats in front who actually are left and right.

우선 성경은 골리앗이 시종을 앞세우고 골짜기로 내려왔다고 합니다.

So to begin with, the Bible says that Goliath is led onto the valley floor by an attendant.

라고 말합니다. 그런 솔직한 순간에도 허구를 위한 것이라고 말하고 싶습니다. 하지만 허구의 인위성을 앞세우는 것입니다.

And even that supposedly honest moment, I would argue, is in service of the lie, but it's supposed to foreground the artificiality of the fiction.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 앞세우다 in Korean?

앞세우다 (to place in front, to have (someone) go ahead) is 앞세워요 in the polite 해요체, 앞세웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 앞세워 in casual 반말 and 앞세운다 in the plain written style. The past is 앞세웠어요.

What is the past tense of 앞세우다?

앞세웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 앞세웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 앞세워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 앞세우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 앞세웁니다, 앞세워, 앞세우니 all keep 앞세우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 앞세우다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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