박차다 Korean verb conjugation

to kick

Every form of 박차다 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
박차는
아/어Infinitive
박차
-으니Since
박차니
합니다Formal
박찹니다

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 박차요박찹니다박차박찬다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 박찼어요박찼습니다박찼어박찼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 박차겠어요박차겠습니다박차겠어박차겠다
-을 것이다Going to 박찰 거예요박찰 것입니다박찰 거야박찰 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 박차요?박찹니까?박차?박차니?
과거Past 박찼어요?박찼습니까?박찼어?박찼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 박차세요박차십시오박차박차라
청유Let's 박차요박찹시다박차박차자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 박차요안 박찹니다안 박차안 박찬다
-지 않다Not (long) 박차지 않아요박차지 않습니다박차지 않아박차지 않는다
Cannot 못 박차요못 박찹니다못 박차못 박찬다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 박차세요박차십니다박차셔박차신다
과거Past 박차셨어요박차셨습니다박차셨어박차셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
박차는
과거Past
박찬
미래Future
박찰
회상Used to
박차던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
박차고
-게-ly / so that
박차게
-어서so / and then
박차서
-으니까since
박차니까
-으면if / when
박차면
-지만but
박차지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
박차는데
-어도even if
박차도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 박차고 있어요박차고 있습니다박차고 있어박차고 있다
과거Was doing 박차고 있었어요박차고 있었습니다박차고 있었어박차고 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.

그리고 20분 뒤 그가 제 사무실을 박차고 들어왔습니다.

And 20 minutes later, he came bursting in my office.

그리고 나서 전 바위에서 박차고 일어나서, 세상에나, 집까지 또 달려왔어요.

And so I got off that rock, and, oh my God, did I run home.

리 크론닌: 많은 사람들이 생각하기를 생명이 박차고 들어오는 데 수백만년이 걸렸습니다

Lee Cronin: So many people think that life took millions of years to kick in.

제 간호사 조앤은, 문 앞으로 다가왔고 제 몸의 모든 뼈가 당장 의자를 박차고 일어나 도망가라고 말하는 것 같았습니다.

My nurse, Joanne, walked in the door, and every bone in my body was telling me to get up out of that chair and take for the hills.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 박차다 in Korean?

박차다 (to kick) is 박차요 in the polite 해요체, 박찹니다 in formal 합니다체, 박차 in casual 반말 and 박찬다 in the plain written style. The past is 박찼어요.

What is the past tense of 박차다?

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

Is 박차다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 박찹니다, 박차, 박차니 all keep 박차 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 박차다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.