치다

to draw (a line), to underline

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
치는
아/어Infinitive
쳐
-으니Since
치니
합니다Formal
칩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쳐요칩니다쳐친다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쳤어요쳤습니다쳤어쳤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 치겠어요치겠습니다치겠어치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 칠 거예요칠 것입니다칠 거야칠 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쳐요?칩니까?쳐?치니?
과거Past 쳤어요?쳤습니까?쳤어?쳤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 치세요치십시오쳐쳐라
청유Let's 쳐요칩시다쳐치자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쳐요안 칩니다안 쳐안 친다
-지 않다Not (long) 치지 않아요치지 않습니다치지 않아치지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쳐요못 칩니다못 쳐못 친다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 치세요치십니다치셔치신다
과거Past 치셨어요치셨습니다치셨어치셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
치는
과거Past
친
미래Future
칠
회상Used to
치던

Joining clauses

-고and
치고
-게-ly / so that
치게
-어서so / and then
쳐서
-으니까since
치니까
-으면if / when
치면
-지만but
치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
치는데
-어도even if
쳐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 치고 있어요치고 있습니다치고 있어치고 있다
과거Was doing 치고 있었어요치고 있었습니다치고 있었어치고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 사람이 나를 친 것도 아니고

I mean, he didn't hit me.

무엇인가가 제 얼굴 한 쪽을 쳤는데 그게 무엇이었는지 몰랐어요.

Something hit the side of my face, and I didn't know what it was.

눈을 치다

to shovel snow

네가 먼저 친 거야

You hit me first, prick.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 치다 in Korean?

치다 (to draw (a line), to underline) is 쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 쳐 in casual 반말 and 친다 in the plain written style. The past is 쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 치다?

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

Is 치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 칩니다, 쳐, 치니 all keep 치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 치다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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