춥다
to be cold
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 추운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 추워
- -으니Since
- 추우니
- 합니다Formal
- 춥습니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 추워요 | 춥습니다 | 추워 | 춥다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 추웠어요 | 추웠습니다 | 추웠어 | 추웠다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 춥겠어요 | 춥겠습니다 | 춥겠어 | 춥겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 추울 거예요 | 추울 것입니다 | 추울 거야 | 추울 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 추워요? | 춥습니까? | 추워? | 추우니? |
| 과거Past | 추웠어요? | 추웠습니까? | 추웠어? | 추웠니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 추워요 | 안 춥습니다 | 안 추워 | 안 춥다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 춥지 않아요 | 춥지 않습니다 | 춥지 않아 | 춥지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 추우세요 | 추우십니다 | 추우셔 | 추우시다 |
| 과거Past | 추우셨어요 | 추우셨습니다 | 추우셨어 | 추우셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 추운
- 과거Past
- 추운
- 미래Future
- 추울
- 회상Used to
- 춥던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 춥고
- -게-ly / so that
- 춥게
- -어서so / and then
- 추워서
- -으니까since
- 추우니까
- -으면if / when
- 추우면
- -지만but
- 춥지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 추운데
- -어도even if
- 추워도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 춥다
In real sentences
살면서 가장 추웠던 순간이었어요.
It was the coldest I've ever been.
톰이 그러는데 보스톤이 생각보다 추웠다더라.
Tom said Boston was colder than he expected.
춥고 눈이 오는데도 말이죠.
And it was cold and snowing.
추운 거 못 느껴?
It's cold. Do you feel that?
Common questions
How do you conjugate 춥다 in Korean?
춥다 (to be cold) is 추워요 in the polite 해요체, 춥습니다 in formal 합니다체, 추워 in casual 반말 and 춥다 in the plain written style. The past is 추웠어요.
What is the past tense of 춥다?
추웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 추웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 추워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 춥다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 추워 and 추우니 but unchanged in 춥습니다.
What TOPIK level is 춥다?
1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.
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