버리다 Korean verb conjugation

to throw away, to abandon

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 버리다 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
버리는
아/어Infinitive
버려
-으니Since
버리니
합니다Formal
버립니다

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 버려요버립니다버려버린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 버렸어요버렸습니다버렸어버렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 버리겠어요버리겠습니다버리겠어버리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 버릴 거예요버릴 것입니다버릴 거야버릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 버려요?버립니까?버려?버리니?
과거Past 버렸어요?버렸습니까?버렸어?버렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 버리세요버리십시오버려버려라
청유Let's 버려요버립시다버려버리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 버려요안 버립니다안 버려안 버린다
-지 않다Not (long) 버리지 않아요버리지 않습니다버리지 않아버리지 않는다
Cannot 못 버려요못 버립니다못 버려못 버린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 버리세요버리십니다버리셔버리신다
과거Past 버리셨어요버리셨습니다버리셨어버리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
버리는
과거Past
버린
미래Future
버릴
회상Used to
버리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
버리고
-게-ly / so that
버리게
-어서so / and then
버려서
-으니까since
버리니까
-으면if / when
버리면
-지만but
버리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
버리는데
-어도even if
버려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 버리고 있어요버리고 있습니다버리고 있어버리고 있다
과거Was doing 버리고 있었어요버리고 있었습니다버리고 있었어버리고 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.

다 죽어버린 겁니다.

Everything had died.

벌써 옛날에 다 써버렸죠.

I exhausted that long ago.

그것들이 세상을 바꿔버렸죠.

They've changed the world.

제 생각을 바꿔버린 일이었죠.

Here's the epiphany that I had that changed my thinking.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 버리다 in Korean?

버리다 (to throw away, to abandon) is 버려요 in the polite 해요체, 버립니다 in formal 합니다체, 버려 in casual 반말 and 버린다 in the plain written style. The past is 버렸어요.

What is the past tense of 버리다?

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

Is 버리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 버립니다, 버려, 버리니 all keep 버리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 버리다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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