비우다 Korean verb conjugation

to empty

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비우다 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
비우는
아/어Infinitive
비워
-으니Since
비우니
합니다Formal
비웁니다

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 비워요비웁니다비워비운다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비웠어요비웠습니다비웠어비웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비우겠어요비우겠습니다비우겠어비우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비울 거예요비울 것입니다비울 거야비울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비워요?비웁니까?비워?비우니?
과거Past 비웠어요?비웠습니까?비웠어?비웠니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 비우세요비우십시오비워비워라
청유Let's 비워요비웁시다비워비우자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비워요안 비웁니다안 비워안 비운다
-지 않다Not (long) 비우지 않아요비우지 않습니다비우지 않아비우지 않는다
Cannot 못 비워요못 비웁니다못 비워못 비운다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비우세요비우십니다비우셔비우신다
과거Past 비우셨어요비우셨습니다비우셨어비우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비우는
과거Past
비운
미래Future
비울
회상Used to
비우던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비우고
-게-ly / so that
비우게
-어서so / and then
비워서
-으니까since
비우니까
-으면if / when
비우면
-지만but
비우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비우는데
-어도even if
비워도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 비우고 있어요비우고 있습니다비우고 있어비우고 있다
과거Was doing 비우고 있었어요비우고 있었습니다비우고 있었어비우고 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.

그럼 비우는 작업은 누가 할까요?

And who does the emptying?

의도적으로 비워진 공간에 새로운 시작을 위해 무엇을 하시겠습니까?

What will you do with your intentional empty space, with your fresh start?

저는 자리를 비웠죠.

Then I left the stage.

머리 좀 비우고 왔어

I was trying to get better.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비우다 in Korean?

비우다 (to empty) is 비워요 in the polite 해요체, 비웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 비워 in casual 반말 and 비운다 in the plain written style. The past is 비웠어요.

What is the past tense of 비우다?

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

Is 비우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 비웁니다, 비워, 비우니 all keep 비우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비우다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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