휘두르다 Korean verb conjugation

to brandish

Every form of 휘두르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
휘두르는
아/어Infinitive
휘둘러
-으니Since
휘두르니
합니다Formal
휘두릅니다

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 휘둘러요휘두릅니다휘둘러휘두른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 휘둘렀어요휘둘렀습니다휘둘렀어휘둘렀다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 휘두르겠어요휘두르겠습니다휘두르겠어휘두르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 휘두를 거예요휘두를 것입니다휘두를 거야휘두를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 휘둘러요?휘두릅니까?휘둘러?휘두르니?
과거Past 휘둘렀어요?휘둘렀습니까?휘둘렀어?휘둘렀니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 휘두르세요휘두르십시오휘둘러휘둘러라
청유Let's 휘둘러요휘두릅시다휘둘러휘두르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 휘둘러요안 휘두릅니다안 휘둘러안 휘두른다
-지 않다Not (long) 휘두르지 않아요휘두르지 않습니다휘두르지 않아휘두르지 않는다
Cannot 못 휘둘러요못 휘두릅니다못 휘둘러못 휘두른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 휘두르세요휘두르십니다휘두르셔휘두르신다
과거Past 휘두르셨어요휘두르셨습니다휘두르셨어휘두르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
휘두르는
과거Past
휘두른
미래Future
휘두를
회상Used to
휘두르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
휘두르고
-게-ly / so that
휘두르게
-어서so / and then
휘둘러서
-으니까since
휘두르니까
-으면if / when
휘두르면
-지만but
휘두르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
휘두르는데
-어도even if
휘둘러도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 휘두르고 있어요휘두르고 있습니다휘두르고 있어휘두르고 있다
과거Was doing 휘두르고 있었어요휘두르고 있었습니다휘두르고 있었어휘두르고 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.

움직일 때 꼬리 휘두르는 것을 보세요.

Watch the whip of its tail as it does it. Look at that.

경찰들이 폭력을 휘두르고 있음.

Police just hit directly to us.

주먹을 휘두르다

to throw a punch

그들의 다리를 휘두르는 것입니다.

They wave their legs around.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 휘두르다 in Korean?

휘두르다 (to brandish) is 휘둘러요 in the polite 해요체, 휘두릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 휘둘러 in casual 반말 and 휘두른다 in the plain written style. The past is 휘둘렀어요.

What is the past tense of 휘두르다?

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

Is 휘두르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 휘둘러 and 휘두르니 but unchanged in 휘두릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 휘두르다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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