후비다 Korean verb conjugation

to dig out, to pick

Every form of 후비다 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
후비는
아/어Infinitive
후벼
-으니Since
후비니
합니다Formal
후빕니다

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 후벼요후빕니다후벼후빈다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 후볐어요후볐습니다후볐어후볐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 후비겠어요후비겠습니다후비겠어후비겠다
-을 것이다Going to 후빌 거예요후빌 것입니다후빌 거야후빌 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 후벼요?후빕니까?후벼?후비니?
과거Past 후볐어요?후볐습니까?후볐어?후볐니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 후비세요후비십시오후벼후벼라
청유Let's 후벼요후빕시다후벼후비자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 후벼요안 후빕니다안 후벼안 후빈다
-지 않다Not (long) 후비지 않아요후비지 않습니다후비지 않아후비지 않는다
Cannot 못 후벼요못 후빕니다못 후벼못 후빈다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 후비세요후비십니다후비셔후비신다
과거Past 후비셨어요후비셨습니다후비셨어후비셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
후비는
과거Past
후빈
미래Future
후빌
회상Used to
후비던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
후비고
-게-ly / so that
후비게
-어서so / and then
후벼서
-으니까since
후비니까
-으면if / when
후비면
-지만but
후비지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
후비는데
-어도even if
후벼도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 후비고 있어요후비고 있습니다후비고 있어후비고 있다
과거Was doing 후비고 있었어요후비고 있었습니다후비고 있었어후비고 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.

이야기를 해주는 쪽이나 듣는 쪽으로서나, 우린 어떤 세세한 것까지 포함해야하는지 알고 그걸 가지고 끝까지 후벼파잖아요.

As the teller of the tale and the audience, we know just what details to include, to dig that knife in. Right?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 후비다 in Korean?

후비다 (to dig out, to pick) is 후벼요 in the polite 해요체, 후빕니다 in formal 합니다체, 후벼 in casual 반말 and 후빈다 in the plain written style. The past is 후볐어요.

What is the past tense of 후비다?

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

Is 후비다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 후빕니다, 후벼, 후비니 all keep 후비 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 후비다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.