추적하다 Korean verb conjugation

to chase, follow, pursue

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 추적하다 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
추적하는
아/어Infinitive
추적하
-으니Since
추적하니
합니다Formal
추적합니다

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 추적하요추적합니다추적하추적한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 추적핬어요추적핬습니다추적핬어추적핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 추적하겠어요추적하겠습니다추적하겠어추적하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 추적할 거예요추적할 것입니다추적할 거야추적할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추적하요?추적합니까?추적하?추적하니?
과거Past 추적핬어요?추적핬습니까?추적핬어?추적핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 추적하세요추적하십시오추적하추적하라
청유Let's 추적하요추적합시다추적하추적하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 추적하요안 추적합니다안 추적하안 추적한다
-지 않다Not (long) 추적하지 않아요추적하지 않습니다추적하지 않아추적하지 않는다
Cannot 못 추적하요못 추적합니다못 추적하못 추적한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추적하세요추적하십니다추적하셔추적하신다
과거Past 추적하셨어요추적하셨습니다추적하셨어추적하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
추적하는
과거Past
추적한
미래Future
추적할
회상Used to
추적하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
추적하고
-게-ly / so that
추적하게
-어서so / and then
추적하서
-으니까since
추적하니까
-으면if / when
추적하면
-지만but
추적하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
추적하는데
-어도even if
추적하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 추적하고 있어요추적하고 있습니다추적하고 있어추적하고 있다
과거Was doing 추적하고 있었어요추적하고 있었습니다추적하고 있었어추적하고 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.

잃어버린 유물을 추적하고 있죠.

We're hunting down the lost artifact.

그러면 우리가 어떻게 발전을 추적할까요?

So how are we going to track progress?

그래서 이건 저를 어느 순간에나 추적하죠.

So this kind of tracks me at any given moment.

사실, 저도 추적하다 보면 죽을 것 같아요.

Actually, sometimes me too, when I'm trying to follow them too close.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 추적하다 in Korean?

추적하다 (to chase, follow, pursue) is 추적하요 in the polite 해요체, 추적합니다 in formal 합니다체, 추적하 in casual 반말 and 추적한다 in the plain written style. The past is 추적핬어요.

What is the past tense of 추적하다?

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

Is 추적하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 추적합니다, 추적하, 추적하니 all keep 추적하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 추적하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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