빚다 Korean verb conjugation

to shape, to mold

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 빚다 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
빚는
아/어Infinitive
빚어
-으니Since
빚으니
합니다Formal
빚습니다

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 빚어요빚습니다빚어빚는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빚었어요빚었습니다빚었어빚었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빚겠어요빚겠습니다빚겠어빚겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빚을 거예요빚을 것입니다빚을 거야빚을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빚어요?빚습니까?빚어?빚니?
과거Past 빚었어요?빚었습니까?빚었어?빚었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 빚으세요빚으십시오빚어빚어라
청유Let's 빚어요빚읍시다빚어빚자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 빚어요안 빚습니다안 빚어안 빚는다
-지 않다Not (long) 빚지 않아요빚지 않습니다빚지 않아빚지 않는다
Cannot 못 빚어요못 빚습니다못 빚어못 빚는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빚으세요빚으십니다빚으셔빚으신다
과거Past 빚으셨어요빚으셨습니다빚으셨어빚으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
빚는
과거Past
빚은
미래Future
빚을
회상Used to
빚던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
빚고
-게-ly / so that
빚게
-어서so / and then
빚어서
-으니까since
빚으니까
-으면if / when
빚으면
-지만but
빚지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
빚는데
-어도even if
빚어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 빚고 있어요빚고 있습니다빚고 있어빚고 있다
과거Was doing 빚고 있었어요빚고 있었습니다빚고 있었어빚고 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.

아이디어는 인간 문화의 모습을 빚는 가장 강력한 힘을 갖고 있습니다.

Ideas are the most powerful force shaping human culture.

그들은 모퉁이 주위를 보고 단지 반응하기 보단 그들의 미래를 빚습니다.

They see around corners, shaping their future, not just reacting to it.

이왕이면 코도 눈도 당신 닮게 빚어 보겠어요

I will try to sculpt one who has your nose and eyes.

원하지 않는 아기는 폐기된다는 논란을 빚고 있다.

Children who don't listen have to be spanked.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 빚다 in Korean?

빚다 (to shape, to mold) is 빚어요 in the polite 해요체, 빚습니다 in formal 합니다체, 빚어 in casual 반말 and 빚는다 in the plain written style. The past is 빚었어요.

What is the past tense of 빚다?

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

Is 빚다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 빚습니다, 빚어, 빚으니 all keep 빚 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 빚다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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