붙들다 Korean verb conjugation

to hold, to grasp

Every form of 붙들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
붙드는
아/어Infinitive
붙들어
-으니Since
붙드니
합니다Formal
붙듭니다

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 붙들어요붙듭니다붙들어붙든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 붙들었어요붙들었습니다붙들었어붙들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 붙들겠어요붙들겠습니다붙들겠어붙들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 붙들 거예요붙들 것입니다붙들 거야붙들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 붙들어요?붙듭니까?붙들어?붙드니?
과거Past 붙들었어요?붙들었습니까?붙들었어?붙들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 붙드세요붙드십시오붙들어붙들어라
청유Let's 붙들어요붙듭시다붙들어붙들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 붙들어요안 붙듭니다안 붙들어안 붙든다
-지 않다Not (long) 붙들지 않아요붙들지 않습니다붙들지 않아붙들지 않는다
Cannot 못 붙들어요못 붙듭니다못 붙들어못 붙든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 붙드세요붙드십니다붙드셔붙드신다
과거Past 붙드셨어요붙드셨습니다붙드셨어붙드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
붙드는
과거Past
붙든
미래Future
붙들
회상Used to
붙들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
붙들고
-게-ly / so that
붙들게
-어서so / and then
붙들어서
-으니까since
붙드니까
-으면if / when
붙들면
-지만but
붙들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
붙드는데
-어도even if
붙들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 붙들고 있어요붙들고 있습니다붙들고 있어붙들고 있다
과거Was doing 붙들고 있었어요붙들고 있었습니다붙들고 있었어붙들고 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.

옛 추억만 붙들고 살 순 없죠

We can't give way to an old man's nostalgia.

이 여자를 붙들 권한이 없도다!

You have no hold on this woman!

지금 팔을 감싸고 붙들게 필요해.

We need to cauterize the arm and wrap it.

나는 그녀를 붙들고 울기 시작했다

I held her close and I started to cry.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 붙들다 in Korean?

붙들다 (to hold, to grasp) is 붙들어요 in the polite 해요체, 붙듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 붙들어 in casual 반말 and 붙든다 in the plain written style. The past is 붙들었어요.

What is the past tense of 붙들다?

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

Is 붙들다 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 붙들어 and 붙드니 but unchanged in 붙듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 붙들다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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