뒤쫓다

to pursue, to chase

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뒤쫓는
아/어Infinitive
뒤쫓아
-으니Since
뒤쫓으니
합니다Formal
뒤쫓습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤쫓아요뒤쫓습니다뒤쫓아뒤쫓는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤쫓았어요뒤쫓았습니다뒤쫓았어뒤쫓았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뒤쫓겠어요뒤쫓겠습니다뒤쫓겠어뒤쫓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뒤쫓을 거예요뒤쫓을 것입니다뒤쫓을 거야뒤쫓을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤쫓아요?뒤쫓습니까?뒤쫓아?뒤쫓니?
과거Past 뒤쫓았어요?뒤쫓았습니까?뒤쫓았어?뒤쫓았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뒤쫓으세요뒤쫓으십시오뒤쫓아뒤쫓아라
청유Let's 뒤쫓아요뒤쫓읍시다뒤쫓아뒤쫓자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뒤쫓아요안 뒤쫓습니다안 뒤쫓아안 뒤쫓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 뒤쫓지 않아요뒤쫓지 않습니다뒤쫓지 않아뒤쫓지 않는다
못Cannot 못 뒤쫓아요못 뒤쫓습니다못 뒤쫓아못 뒤쫓는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤쫓으세요뒤쫓으십니다뒤쫓으셔뒤쫓으신다
과거Past 뒤쫓으셨어요뒤쫓으셨습니다뒤쫓으셨어뒤쫓으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뒤쫓는
과거Past
뒤쫓은
미래Future
뒤쫓을
회상Used to
뒤쫓던

Joining clauses

-고and
뒤쫓고
-게-ly / so that
뒤쫓게
-어서so / and then
뒤쫓아서
-으니까since
뒤쫓으니까
-으면if / when
뒤쫓으면
-지만but
뒤쫓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뒤쫓는데
-어도even if
뒤쫓아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뒤쫓고 있어요뒤쫓고 있습니다뒤쫓고 있어뒤쫓고 있다
과거Was doing 뒤쫓고 있었어요뒤쫓고 있었습니다뒤쫓고 있었어뒤쫓고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제자들은 속았다는 걸 깨닫고 그녀를 뒤쫓았지요.

The servants realized they had been tricked and chased her.

어디선가 많은 사람들이 나와서 뒤쫓기 시작했어요.

And out of the woodworks, all of these people come out and they start to give chase.

곧, 그 정권은 그를 뒤쫓기 시작했고 그는 시리아를 떠나야만 했죠.

So pretty soon, the regime was after him, and he had to flee the country.

뒤쫓기 같은 거죠, 그렇죠?

It's the chase, isn't it?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뒤쫓다 in Korean?

뒤쫓다 (to pursue, to chase) is 뒤쫓아요 in the polite 해요체, 뒤쫓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뒤쫓아 in casual 반말 and 뒤쫓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 뒤쫓았어요.

What is the past tense of 뒤쫓다?

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

Is 뒤쫓다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뒤쫓습니다, 뒤쫓아, 뒤쫓으니 all keep 뒤쫓 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뒤쫓다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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