붓다 Korean verb conjugation

to swell up

Every form of 붓다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅅ irregular — ㅅ drops before a vowel: 짓다 → 지어요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
붓는
아/어Infinitive
부어
-으니Since
부으니
합니다Formal
붓습니다

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 부어요붓습니다부어붓는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부었어요부었습니다부었어부었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 붓겠어요붓겠습니다붓겠어붓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부을 거예요부을 것입니다부을 거야부을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부어요?붓습니까?부어?붓니?
과거Past 부었어요?부었습니까?부었어?부었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 부으세요부으십시오부어부어라
청유Let's 부어요부읍시다부어붓자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부어요안 붓습니다안 부어안 붓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 붓지 않아요붓지 않습니다붓지 않아붓지 않는다
Cannot 못 부어요못 붓습니다못 부어못 붓는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부으세요부으십니다부으셔부으신다
과거Past 부으셨어요부으셨습니다부으셨어부으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
붓는
과거Past
부은
미래Future
부을
회상Used to
붓던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
붓고
-게-ly / so that
붓게
-어서so / and then
부어서
-으니까since
부으니까
-으면if / when
부으면
-지만but
붓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
붓는데
-어도even if
부어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 붓고 있어요붓고 있습니다붓고 있어붓고 있다
과거Was doing 붓고 있었어요붓고 있었습니다붓고 있었어붓고 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.

컵에 물을 붓다

to pour water into a cup

그는 컵에 우유를 부었다.

She poured milk into a cup.

그런 것에 사랑을 쏟아 부을 순 없을까요?

Can't we pour love into that?

하지만 모든 두통이 붓는다고 생기진 않습니다.

Not all headache pain comes from swelling.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 붓다 in Korean?

붓다 (to swell up) is 부어요 in the polite 해요체, 붓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 부어 in casual 반말 and 붓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 부었어요.

What is the past tense of 붓다?

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

Is 붓다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅅ irregular (ㅅ 불규칙). ㅅ drops before a vowel: 짓다 → 지어요. That is why the stem looks different in 부어 and 부으니 but unchanged in 붓습니다.

What TOPIK level is 붓다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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