뒤집어쓰다 Korean verb conjugation

to get covered with

Every form of 뒤집어쓰다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
뒤집어쓰는
아/어Infinitive
뒤집어써
-으니Since
뒤집어쓰니
합니다Formal
뒤집어씁니다

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 뒤집어써요뒤집어씁니다뒤집어써뒤집어쓴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤집어썼어요뒤집어썼습니다뒤집어썼어뒤집어썼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뒤집어쓰겠어요뒤집어쓰겠습니다뒤집어쓰겠어뒤집어쓰겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뒤집어쓸 거예요뒤집어쓸 것입니다뒤집어쓸 거야뒤집어쓸 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤집어써요?뒤집어씁니까?뒤집어써?뒤집어쓰니?
과거Past 뒤집어썼어요?뒤집어썼습니까?뒤집어썼어?뒤집어썼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뒤집어쓰세요뒤집어쓰십시오뒤집어써뒤집어써라
청유Let's 뒤집어써요뒤집어씁시다뒤집어써뒤집어쓰자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뒤집어써요안 뒤집어씁니다안 뒤집어써안 뒤집어쓴다
-지 않다Not (long) 뒤집어쓰지 않아요뒤집어쓰지 않습니다뒤집어쓰지 않아뒤집어쓰지 않는다
Cannot 못 뒤집어써요못 뒤집어씁니다못 뒤집어써못 뒤집어쓴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤집어쓰세요뒤집어쓰십니다뒤집어쓰셔뒤집어쓰신다
과거Past 뒤집어쓰셨어요뒤집어쓰셨습니다뒤집어쓰셨어뒤집어쓰셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뒤집어쓰는
과거Past
뒤집어쓴
미래Future
뒤집어쓸
회상Used to
뒤집어쓰던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뒤집어쓰고
-게-ly / so that
뒤집어쓰게
-어서so / and then
뒤집어써서
-으니까since
뒤집어쓰니까
-으면if / when
뒤집어쓰면
-지만but
뒤집어쓰지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뒤집어쓰는데
-어도even if
뒤집어써도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뒤집어쓰고 있어요뒤집어쓰고 있습니다뒤집어쓰고 있어뒤집어쓰고 있다
과거Was doing 뒤집어쓰고 있었어요뒤집어쓰고 있었습니다뒤집어쓰고 있었어뒤집어쓰고 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.

먼지 뒤집어 쓰겠네

You'll get covered in dirt.

뒤집어 쓸 것 좀 가져올께.

Let me get something for us to put on.

온 몸에다가 그걸 뒤집어 쓰고 돌아왔잖니

The day you were swarmed at the beach, you come back all covered in God knows what.

모자 뒤집어 쓴 흑인이 영웅이 될 줄 알았겠어요

Who would have thought a black man in a hoodie would be a hero?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뒤집어쓰다 in Korean?

뒤집어쓰다 (to get covered with) is 뒤집어써요 in the polite 해요체, 뒤집어씁니다 in formal 합니다체, 뒤집어써 in casual 반말 and 뒤집어쓴다 in the plain written style. The past is 뒤집어썼어요.

What is the past tense of 뒤집어쓰다?

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

Is 뒤집어쓰다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 뒤집어써 and 뒤집어쓰니 but unchanged in 뒤집어씁니다.

What TOPIK level is 뒤집어쓰다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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