붙다 Korean verb conjugation

to stick, to adhere

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 붙다 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
붙는
아/어Infinitive
붙어
-으니Since
붙으니
합니다Formal
붙습니다

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 붙어요붙습니다붙어붙는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 붙었어요붙었습니다붙었어붙었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 붙겠어요붙겠습니다붙겠어붙겠다
-을 것이다Going to 붙을 거예요붙을 것입니다붙을 거야붙을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 붙어요?붙습니까?붙어?붙니?
과거Past 붙었어요?붙었습니까?붙었어?붙었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 붙으세요붙으십시오붙어붙어라
청유Let's 붙어요붙읍시다붙어붙자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 붙어요안 붙습니다안 붙어안 붙는다
-지 않다Not (long) 붙지 않아요붙지 않습니다붙지 않아붙지 않는다
Cannot 못 붙어요못 붙습니다못 붙어못 붙는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 붙으세요붙으십니다붙으셔붙으신다
과거Past 붙으셨어요붙으셨습니다붙으셨어붙으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
붙는
과거Past
붙은
미래Future
붙을
회상Used to
붙던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
붙고
-게-ly / so that
붙게
-어서so / and then
붙어서
-으니까since
붙으니까
-으면if / when
붙으면
-지만but
붙지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
붙는데
-어도even if
붙어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 붙고 있어요붙고 있습니다붙고 있어붙고 있다
과거Was doing 붙고 있었어요붙고 있었습니다붙고 있었어붙고 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.

집에 불이 붙다.

for a house to catch fire

붙지 않을 거예요, 맞죠?

It's not going to work, right? We all know this.

0이 120개 붙어있는 겁니다.

That's one with 120 zeroes after it.

시험에 붙다.

To pass the test.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 붙다 in Korean?

붙다 (to stick, to adhere) is 붙어요 in the polite 해요체, 붙습니다 in formal 합니다체, 붙어 in casual 반말 and 붙는다 in the plain written style. The past is 붙었어요.

What is the past tense of 붙다?

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

Is 붙다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 붙습니다, 붙어, 붙으니 all keep 붙 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 붙다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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