복받치다 Korean verb conjugation

to well up

Every form of 복받치다 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
복받치는
아/어Infinitive
복받쳐
-으니Since
복받치니
합니다Formal
복받칩니다

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 복받쳐요복받칩니다복받쳐복받친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 복받쳤어요복받쳤습니다복받쳤어복받쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 복받치겠어요복받치겠습니다복받치겠어복받치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 복받칠 거예요복받칠 것입니다복받칠 거야복받칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 복받쳐요?복받칩니까?복받쳐?복받치니?
과거Past 복받쳤어요?복받쳤습니까?복받쳤어?복받쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 복받치세요복받치십시오복받쳐복받쳐라
청유Let's 복받쳐요복받칩시다복받쳐복받치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 복받쳐요안 복받칩니다안 복받쳐안 복받친다
-지 않다Not (long) 복받치지 않아요복받치지 않습니다복받치지 않아복받치지 않는다
Cannot 못 복받쳐요못 복받칩니다못 복받쳐못 복받친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 복받치세요복받치십니다복받치셔복받치신다
과거Past 복받치셨어요복받치셨습니다복받치셨어복받치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
복받치는
과거Past
복받친
미래Future
복받칠
회상Used to
복받치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
복받치고
-게-ly / so that
복받치게
-어서so / and then
복받쳐서
-으니까since
복받치니까
-으면if / when
복받치면
-지만but
복받치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
복받치는데
-어도even if
복받쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 복받치고 있어요복받치고 있습니다복받치고 있어복받치고 있다
과거Was doing 복받치고 있었어요복받치고 있었습니다복받치고 있었어복받치고 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.

24시간 내내 감정에 복받쳤어

It's been an emotional 24 hours.

진심이라서 감정이 복받치나 봐요

He's getting emotional right now, because this is real.

이 사람 감정이 좀 복받쳤나 봐요

That's a good thing. It's good.

언니의 죽음 때문에 감정이 복받쳤나 봐

I suppose it's all the emotion concerning Agnes' death.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 복받치다 in Korean?

복받치다 (to well up) is 복받쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 복받칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 복받쳐 in casual 반말 and 복받친다 in the plain written style. The past is 복받쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 복받치다?

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

Is 복받치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 복받칩니다, 복받쳐, 복받치니 all keep 복받치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 복받치다?

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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