부수다 Korean verb conjugation

to break, to smash

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 부수다 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
부수는
아/어Infinitive
부숴
-으니Since
부수니
합니다Formal
부숩니다

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 부숴요부숩니다부숴부순다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부쉈어요부쉈습니다부쉈어부쉈다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부수겠어요부수겠습니다부수겠어부수겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부술 거예요부술 것입니다부술 거야부술 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부숴요?부숩니까?부숴?부수니?
과거Past 부쉈어요?부쉈습니까?부쉈어?부쉈니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 부수세요부수십시오부숴부숴라
청유Let's 부숴요부숩시다부숴부수자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부숴요안 부숩니다안 부숴안 부순다
-지 않다Not (long) 부수지 않아요부수지 않습니다부수지 않아부수지 않는다
Cannot 못 부숴요못 부숩니다못 부숴못 부순다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부수세요부수십니다부수셔부수신다
과거Past 부수셨어요부수셨습니다부수셨어부수셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
부수는
과거Past
부순
미래Future
부술
회상Used to
부수던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
부수고
-게-ly / so that
부수게
-어서so / and then
부숴서
-으니까since
부수니까
-으면if / when
부수면
-지만but
부수지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부수는데
-어도even if
부숴도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 부수고 있어요부수고 있습니다부수고 있어부수고 있다
과거Was doing 부수고 있었어요부수고 있었습니다부수고 있었어부수고 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.

몇 년 전에 제 집 창문을 부수고 들어간 적이 있습니다.

A few years ago, I broke into my own house.

제 손톱을 아주 서서히 부숩니다.

We are breaking my nerves very slowly.

물건을 부술 수 있잖아

Because we can smash things.

다 부수고 있다고 말해요

They're breaking everything

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 부수다 in Korean?

부수다 (to break, to smash) is 부숴요 in the polite 해요체, 부숩니다 in formal 합니다체, 부숴 in casual 반말 and 부순다 in the plain written style. The past is 부쉈어요.

What is the past tense of 부수다?

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

Is 부수다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 부숩니다, 부숴, 부수니 all keep 부수 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 부수다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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