불다

to blow

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
부는
아/어Infinitive
불어
-으니Since
부니
합니다Formal
붑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불어요붑니다불어분다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불었어요불었습니다불었어불었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불겠어요불겠습니다불겠어불겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불 거예요불 것입니다불 거야불 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불어요?붑니까?불어?부니?
과거Past 불었어요?불었습니까?불었어?불었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 부세요부십시오불어불어라
청유Let's 불어요붑시다불어불자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불어요안 붑니다안 불어안 분다
-지 않다Not (long) 불지 않아요불지 않습니다불지 않아불지 않는다
못Cannot 못 불어요못 붑니다못 불어못 분다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부세요부십니다부셔부신다
과거Past 부셨어요부셨습니다부셨어부셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
부는
과거Past
분
미래Future
불
회상Used to
불던

Joining clauses

-고and
불고
-게-ly / so that
불게
-어서so / and then
불어서
-으니까since
부니까
-으면if / when
불면
-지만but
불지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부는데
-어도even if
불어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 불고 있어요불고 있습니다불고 있어불고 있다
과거Was doing 불고 있었어요불고 있었습니다불고 있었어불고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

위엔 바람이 좀 부네

Little bit of wind, up higher.

내가 불었던 거 말이야

That's what I was playing for you.

오늘 다 불어 버리겠어.

I'm going to rip you a new one today!

자기 키만큼 옆으로 불었어

She's almost as wide as she is tall.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불다 in Korean?

불다 (to blow) is 불어요 in the polite 해요체, 붑니다 in formal 합니다체, 불어 in casual 반말 and 분다 in the plain written style. The past is 불었어요.

What is the past tense of 불다?

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

Is 불다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 불어 and 부니 but unchanged in 붑니다.

What TOPIK level is 불다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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