치우다

to do something completely, to finish off

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
치우는
아/어Infinitive
치워
-으니Since
치우니
합니다Formal
치웁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 치워요치웁니다치워치운다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 치웠어요치웠습니다치웠어치웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 치우겠어요치우겠습니다치우겠어치우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 치울 거예요치울 것입니다치울 거야치울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 치워요?치웁니까?치워?치우니?
과거Past 치웠어요?치웠습니까?치웠어?치웠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 치우세요치우십시오치워치워라
청유Let's 치워요치웁시다치워치우자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 치워요안 치웁니다안 치워안 치운다
-지 않다Not (long) 치우지 않아요치우지 않습니다치우지 않아치우지 않는다
못Cannot 못 치워요못 치웁니다못 치워못 치운다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 치우세요치우십니다치우셔치우신다
과거Past 치우셨어요치우셨습니다치우셨어치우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
치우는
과거Past
치운
미래Future
치울
회상Used to
치우던

Joining clauses

-고and
치우고
-게-ly / so that
치우게
-어서so / and then
치워서
-으니까since
치우니까
-으면if / when
치우면
-지만but
치우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
치우는데
-어도even if
치워도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 치우고 있어요치우고 있습니다치우고 있어치우고 있다
과거Was doing 치우고 있었어요치우고 있었습니다치우고 있었어치우고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

톰은 밖에서 눈을 치우고 있어.

Tom is out shoveling snow.

이불조차 제 손으로 치울 수 없었죠

I couldn't even pull the covers off myself.

먹이를 먹어 치운 곳과 끝이 막힌 곳에서는 물러섰습니다.

It retracted from empty areas and dead ends.

나는 내 방을 깨끗이 치웠다.

I cleaned my room.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 치우다 in Korean?

치우다 (to do something completely, to finish off) is 치워요 in the polite 해요체, 치웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 치워 in casual 반말 and 치운다 in the plain written style. The past is 치웠어요.

What is the past tense of 치우다?

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

Is 치우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 치웁니다, 치워, 치우니 all keep 치우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 치우다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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