휩쓸다 Korean verb conjugation

to sweep

Every form of 휩쓸다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
휩쓰는
아/어Infinitive
휩쓸어
-으니Since
휩쓰니
합니다Formal
휩씁니다

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 휩쓸어요휩씁니다휩쓸어휩쓴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 휩쓸었어요휩쓸었습니다휩쓸었어휩쓸었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 휩쓸겠어요휩쓸겠습니다휩쓸겠어휩쓸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 휩쓸 거예요휩쓸 것입니다휩쓸 거야휩쓸 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 휩쓸어요?휩씁니까?휩쓸어?휩쓰니?
과거Past 휩쓸었어요?휩쓸었습니까?휩쓸었어?휩쓸었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 휩쓰세요휩쓰십시오휩쓸어휩쓸어라
청유Let's 휩쓸어요휩씁시다휩쓸어휩쓸자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 휩쓸어요안 휩씁니다안 휩쓸어안 휩쓴다
-지 않다Not (long) 휩쓸지 않아요휩쓸지 않습니다휩쓸지 않아휩쓸지 않는다
Cannot 못 휩쓸어요못 휩씁니다못 휩쓸어못 휩쓴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 휩쓰세요휩쓰십니다휩쓰셔휩쓰신다
과거Past 휩쓰셨어요휩쓰셨습니다휩쓰셨어휩쓰셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
휩쓰는
과거Past
휩쓴
미래Future
휩쓸
회상Used to
휩쓸던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
휩쓸고
-게-ly / so that
휩쓸게
-어서so / and then
휩쓸어서
-으니까since
휩쓰니까
-으면if / when
휩쓸면
-지만but
휩쓸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
휩쓰는데
-어도even if
휩쓸어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 휩쓸고 있어요휩쓸고 있습니다휩쓸고 있어휩쓸고 있다
과거Was doing 휩쓸고 있었어요휩쓸고 있었습니다휩쓸고 있었어휩쓸고 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.

그 영화는 여러 영화제에서 상을 휩쓸었다.

The film swept the awards at several film festivals.

단 3년 전에 개발된 이 기술이 과학계를 휩쓸었습니다.

And this technology, which came on the scene just three years ago, has taken science by storm.

이것이 아프리카 대륙 전체를 휩쓸고 있는 현실입니다. 그 이유를 말씀드리겠습니다.

This is the reality across the entire continent of Africa, and here's why.

이 소식이 마을을 휩쓸자, 이런 증상들은 널리 퍼져갔습니다.

As news swept through the village, the symptoms appeared to spread.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 휩쓸다 in Korean?

휩쓸다 (to sweep) is 휩쓸어요 in the polite 해요체, 휩씁니다 in formal 합니다체, 휩쓸어 in casual 반말 and 휩쓴다 in the plain written style. The past is 휩쓸었어요.

What is the past tense of 휩쓸다?

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

Is 휩쓸다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 휩쓸어 and 휩쓰니 but unchanged in 휩씁니다.

What TOPIK level is 휩쓸다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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