덮치다

to pounce, to attack suddenly, to raid

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
덮치는
아/어Infinitive
덮쳐
-으니Since
덮치니
합니다Formal
덮칩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 덮쳐요덮칩니다덮쳐덮친다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 덮쳤어요덮쳤습니다덮쳤어덮쳤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 덮치겠어요덮치겠습니다덮치겠어덮치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 덮칠 거예요덮칠 것입니다덮칠 거야덮칠 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 덮쳐요?덮칩니까?덮쳐?덮치니?
과거Past 덮쳤어요?덮쳤습니까?덮쳤어?덮쳤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 덮치세요덮치십시오덮쳐덮쳐라
청유Let's 덮쳐요덮칩시다덮쳐덮치자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 덮쳐요안 덮칩니다안 덮쳐안 덮친다
-지 않다Not (long) 덮치지 않아요덮치지 않습니다덮치지 않아덮치지 않는다
못Cannot 못 덮쳐요못 덮칩니다못 덮쳐못 덮친다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 덮치세요덮치십니다덮치셔덮치신다
과거Past 덮치셨어요덮치셨습니다덮치셨어덮치셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
덮치는
과거Past
덮친
미래Future
덮칠
회상Used to
덮치던

Joining clauses

-고and
덮치고
-게-ly / so that
덮치게
-어서so / and then
덮쳐서
-으니까since
덮치니까
-으면if / when
덮치면
-지만but
덮치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
덮치는데
-어도even if
덮쳐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 덮치고 있어요덮치고 있습니다덮치고 있어덮치고 있다
과거Was doing 덮치고 있었어요덮치고 있었습니다덮치고 있었어덮치고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

결국 피곤함은 우리 모두를 덮치죠.

Eventually, exhaustion catches up with all of us.

상처받고, 슬프고, 화나는 감정이 저를 덮쳐왔습니다.

Hurt, sadness and anger flooded through me.

갑자기 저를 덮쳐 키스하려고 했습니다.

Suddenly, he jumped on me and tried to kiss me.

기억나실지 모르겠지만 작년에 에볼라가 서아프리카 국가인 라이베리아를 덮쳤습니다.

Last year, you may remember, Ebola hit the West African country of Liberia.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 덮치다 in Korean?

덮치다 (to pounce, to attack suddenly, to raid) is 덮쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 덮칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 덮쳐 in casual 반말 and 덮친다 in the plain written style. The past is 덮쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 덮치다?

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

Is 덮치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 덮칩니다, 덮쳐, 덮치니 all keep 덮치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 덮치다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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