뒤덮다 Korean verb conjugation

to cover, to envelop

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뒤덮다 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
뒤덮는
아/어Infinitive
뒤덮어
-으니Since
뒤덮으니
합니다Formal
뒤덮습니다

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 뒤덮어요뒤덮습니다뒤덮어뒤덮는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤덮었어요뒤덮었습니다뒤덮었어뒤덮었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뒤덮겠어요뒤덮겠습니다뒤덮겠어뒤덮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뒤덮을 거예요뒤덮을 것입니다뒤덮을 거야뒤덮을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤덮어요?뒤덮습니까?뒤덮어?뒤덮니?
과거Past 뒤덮었어요?뒤덮었습니까?뒤덮었어?뒤덮었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뒤덮으세요뒤덮으십시오뒤덮어뒤덮어라
청유Let's 뒤덮어요뒤덮읍시다뒤덮어뒤덮자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뒤덮어요안 뒤덮습니다안 뒤덮어안 뒤덮는다
-지 않다Not (long) 뒤덮지 않아요뒤덮지 않습니다뒤덮지 않아뒤덮지 않는다
Cannot 못 뒤덮어요못 뒤덮습니다못 뒤덮어못 뒤덮는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤덮으세요뒤덮으십니다뒤덮으셔뒤덮으신다
과거Past 뒤덮으셨어요뒤덮으셨습니다뒤덮으셨어뒤덮으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뒤덮는
과거Past
뒤덮은
미래Future
뒤덮을
회상Used to
뒤덮던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뒤덮고
-게-ly / so that
뒤덮게
-어서so / and then
뒤덮어서
-으니까since
뒤덮으니까
-으면if / when
뒤덮으면
-지만but
뒤덮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뒤덮는데
-어도even if
뒤덮어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뒤덮고 있어요뒤덮고 있습니다뒤덮고 있어뒤덮고 있다
과거Was doing 뒤덮고 있었어요뒤덮고 있었습니다뒤덮고 있었어뒤덮고 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.

슬픔이 마이단 광장을 뒤덮었습니다.

Sadness enveloped Maidan.

이 영상은 금세 퍼져 인터넷을 뒤덮었습니다.

This video went viral and infected the net.

유해식물인 자이언트 호그위드는 영국 템스강의 둑을 뒤덮을 것이며

Poisonous giant hogweeds overgrow the banks of London’s Thames River.

여러 대륙을 뒤덮었고, 바다까지 뻗어있었죠.

They covered lots of the continent, and they extended out over the ocean.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뒤덮다 in Korean?

뒤덮다 (to cover, to envelop) is 뒤덮어요 in the polite 해요체, 뒤덮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뒤덮어 in casual 반말 and 뒤덮는다 in the plain written style. The past is 뒤덮었어요.

What is the past tense of 뒤덮다?

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

Is 뒤덮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뒤덮습니다, 뒤덮어, 뒤덮으니 all keep 뒤덮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뒤덮다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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