추다

to dance

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
추는
아/어Infinitive
춰
-으니Since
추니
합니다Formal
춥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 춰요춥니다춰춘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 췄어요췄습니다췄어췄다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 추겠어요추겠습니다추겠어추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 출 거예요출 것입니다출 거야출 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 춰요?춥니까?춰?추니?
과거Past 췄어요?췄습니까?췄어?췄니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 추세요추십시오춰춰라
청유Let's 춰요춥시다춰추자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 춰요안 춥니다안 춰안 춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 추지 않아요추지 않습니다추지 않아추지 않는다
못Cannot 못 춰요못 춥니다못 춰못 춘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추세요추십니다추셔추신다
과거Past 추셨어요추셨습니다추셨어추셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
추는
과거Past
춘
미래Future
출
회상Used to
추던

Joining clauses

-고and
추고
-게-ly / so that
추게
-어서so / and then
춰서
-으니까since
추니까
-으면if / when
추면
-지만but
추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
추는데
-어도even if
춰도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 추고 있어요추고 있습니다추고 있어추고 있다
과거Was doing 추고 있었어요추고 있었습니다추고 있었어추고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 사람들은 춤을 췄어.

They danced.

제가 춤을 추기 시작했어요.

I just did the steps.

그들과 함께 술집에서 춤을 추기도 합니다.

And he dances with them in the pub.

우리는 스스로에게 묻죠. 누구를 위해 춤을 추는가?

We ask ourselves, who are we dancing for?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 추다 in Korean?

추다 (to dance) is 춰요 in the polite 해요체, 춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 춰 in casual 반말 and 춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 췄어요.

What is the past tense of 추다?

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

Is 추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 춥니다, 춰, 추니 all keep 추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 추다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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