춤추다

to dance

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
춤추는
아/어Infinitive
춤춰
-으니Since
춤추니
합니다Formal
춤춥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 춤춰요춤춥니다춤춰춤춘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 춤췄어요춤췄습니다춤췄어춤췄다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 춤추겠어요춤추겠습니다춤추겠어춤추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 춤출 거예요춤출 것입니다춤출 거야춤출 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 춤춰요?춤춥니까?춤춰?춤추니?
과거Past 춤췄어요?춤췄습니까?춤췄어?춤췄니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 춤추세요춤추십시오춤춰춤춰라
청유Let's 춤춰요춤춥시다춤춰춤추자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 춤춰요안 춤춥니다안 춤춰안 춤춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 춤추지 않아요춤추지 않습니다춤추지 않아춤추지 않는다
못Cannot 못 춤춰요못 춤춥니다못 춤춰못 춤춘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 춤추세요춤추십니다춤추셔춤추신다
과거Past 춤추셨어요춤추셨습니다춤추셨어춤추셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
춤추는
과거Past
춤춘
미래Future
춤출
회상Used to
춤추던

Joining clauses

-고and
춤추고
-게-ly / so that
춤추게
-어서so / and then
춤춰서
-으니까since
춤추니까
-으면if / when
춤추면
-지만but
춤추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
춤추는데
-어도even if
춤춰도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 춤추고 있어요춤추고 있습니다춤추고 있어춤추고 있다
과거Was doing 춤추고 있었어요춤추고 있었습니다춤추고 있었어춤추고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

계속 춤추고 있어봐.

Keep dancing.

우리는 모두 자리에서 일어나 춤추기 시작했다.

We all got up and started dancing.

저는 여러분들처럼 걷고, 뛰고, 춤추며 자랐어요.

I grew up like many of you, running, jumping and dancing.

이것은 가상현실에서 건축에 관해 누군가가 실제로 춤추는 장면입니다.

And this is actually someone dancing about architecture in virtual reality.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 춤추다 in Korean?

춤추다 (to dance) is 춤춰요 in the polite 해요체, 춤춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 춤춰 in casual 반말 and 춤춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 춤췄어요.

What is the past tense of 춤추다?

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

Is 춤추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 춤춥니다, 춤춰, 춤추니 all keep 춤추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 춤추다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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