디디다

to tread on, to step on

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
디디는
아/어Infinitive
디뎌
-으니Since
디디니
합니다Formal
디딥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 디뎌요디딥니다디뎌디딘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 디뎠어요디뎠습니다디뎠어디뎠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 디디겠어요디디겠습니다디디겠어디디겠다
-을 것이다Going to 디딜 거예요디딜 것입니다디딜 거야디딜 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 디뎌요?디딥니까?디뎌?디디니?
과거Past 디뎠어요?디뎠습니까?디뎠어?디뎠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 디디세요디디십시오디뎌디뎌라
청유Let's 디뎌요디딥시다디뎌디디자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 디뎌요안 디딥니다안 디뎌안 디딘다
-지 않다Not (long) 디디지 않아요디디지 않습니다디디지 않아디디지 않는다
못Cannot 못 디뎌요못 디딥니다못 디뎌못 디딘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 디디세요디디십니다디디셔디디신다
과거Past 디디셨어요디디셨습니다디디셨어디디셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
디디는
과거Past
디딘
미래Future
디딜
회상Used to
디디던

Joining clauses

-고and
디디고
-게-ly / so that
디디게
-어서so / and then
디뎌서
-으니까since
디디니까
-으면if / when
디디면
-지만but
디디지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
디디는데
-어도even if
디뎌도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 디디고 있어요디디고 있습니다디디고 있어디디고 있다
과거Was doing 디디고 있었어요디디고 있었습니다디디고 있었어디디고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

벼랑 끝에 서 있었고 발을 잘못 디디면 죽음이었다.

I was standing on the very edge of a precipice, and if I trod a wrong step, it was death.

확실히 믿을 수는 없었지만, 발을 디딜 곳을 찾았습니다.

But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust.

디딤판은 발로 밟는 부분이고요.

Treads, which is the thing that you walk on.

계단의 수직면으로 두 디딤판이 구분되죠.

Riser, which is the vertical element that separates the two treads.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 디디다 in Korean?

디디다 (to tread on, to step on) is 디뎌요 in the polite 해요체, 디딥니다 in formal 합니다체, 디뎌 in casual 반말 and 디딘다 in the plain written style. The past is 디뎠어요.

What is the past tense of 디디다?

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

Is 디디다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 디딥니다, 디뎌, 디디니 all keep 디디 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 디디다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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