불태우다

to burn

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
불태우는
아/어Infinitive
불태워
-으니Since
불태우니
합니다Formal
불태웁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불태워요불태웁니다불태워불태운다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불태웠어요불태웠습니다불태웠어불태웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불태우겠어요불태우겠습니다불태우겠어불태우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불태울 거예요불태울 것입니다불태울 거야불태울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불태워요?불태웁니까?불태워?불태우니?
과거Past 불태웠어요?불태웠습니까?불태웠어?불태웠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 불태우세요불태우십시오불태워불태워라
청유Let's 불태워요불태웁시다불태워불태우자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불태워요안 불태웁니다안 불태워안 불태운다
-지 않다Not (long) 불태우지 않아요불태우지 않습니다불태우지 않아불태우지 않는다
못Cannot 못 불태워요못 불태웁니다못 불태워못 불태운다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불태우세요불태우십니다불태우셔불태우신다
과거Past 불태우셨어요불태우셨습니다불태우셨어불태우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
불태우는
과거Past
불태운
미래Future
불태울
회상Used to
불태우던

Joining clauses

-고and
불태우고
-게-ly / so that
불태우게
-어서so / and then
불태워서
-으니까since
불태우니까
-으면if / when
불태우면
-지만but
불태우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불태우는데
-어도even if
불태워도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 불태우고 있어요불태우고 있습니다불태우고 있어불태우고 있다
과거Was doing 불태우고 있었어요불태우고 있었습니다불태우고 있었어불태우고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

편지를 갈기갈기 찢어 불태웠다.

(I) tore the letter into shreds and burned it.

나무는 그냥 불태워지거나 인근 골짜기로 버려졌죠.

The trees are typically burned or dumped into adjacent valleys.

왜 아버지 집에서 불태웠지?

Why did he go to his dad's house to burn it?

왜 완전히 불태우지 않았고?

Why didn't he make sure it actually burned?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불태우다 in Korean?

불태우다 (to burn) is 불태워요 in the polite 해요체, 불태웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 불태워 in casual 반말 and 불태운다 in the plain written style. The past is 불태웠어요.

What is the past tense of 불태우다?

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

Is 불태우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 불태웁니다, 불태워, 불태우니 all keep 불태우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 불태우다?

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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