저주하다 Korean verb conjugation
to curse
Every form of 저주하다 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
- 저주하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 저주하
- -으니Since
- 저주하니
- 합니다Formal
- 저주합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 저주하요 | 저주합니다 | 저주하 | 저주한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 저주핬어요 | 저주핬습니다 | 저주핬어 | 저주핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 저주하겠어요 | 저주하겠습니다 | 저주하겠어 | 저주하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 저주할 거예요 | 저주할 것입니다 | 저주할 거야 | 저주할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 저주하요? | 저주합니까? | 저주하? | 저주하니? |
| 과거Past | 저주핬어요? | 저주핬습니까? | 저주핬어? | 저주핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 저주하세요 | 저주하십시오 | 저주하 | 저주하라 |
| 청유Let's | 저주하요 | 저주합시다 | 저주하 | 저주하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 저주하요 | 안 저주합니다 | 안 저주하 | 안 저주한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 저주하지 않아요 | 저주하지 않습니다 | 저주하지 않아 | 저주하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 저주하요 | 못 저주합니다 | 못 저주하 | 못 저주한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 저주하세요 | 저주하십니다 | 저주하셔 | 저주하신다 |
| 과거Past | 저주하셨어요 | 저주하셨습니다 | 저주하셨어 | 저주하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 저주하는
- 과거Past
- 저주한
- 미래Future
- 저주할
- 회상Used to
- 저주하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 저주하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 저주하게
- -어서so / and then
- 저주하서
- -으니까since
- 저주하니까
- -으면if / when
- 저주하면
- -지만but
- 저주하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 저주하는데
- -어도even if
- 저주하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 저주하고 있어요 | 저주하고 있습니다 | 저주하고 있어 | 저주하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 저주하고 있었어요 | 저주하고 있었습니다 | 저주하고 있었어 | 저주하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 저주하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
넘어지고 쓰러지고 어둠을 저주하겠지.
There will be stumbling, falling, cursing the dark.
인터넷 트롤은 자신과는 다른 사람을 공격하고, 저주하고, 협박한다.
They attack those who are different from them, curse them and threaten them.
날 저주하고 있지
She's doing 5 to 10.
네 놈의 탄생을 저주한다
Curse the day I named you.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 저주하다 in Korean?
저주하다 (to curse) is 저주하요 in the polite 해요체, 저주합니다 in formal 합니다체, 저주하 in casual 반말 and 저주한다 in the plain written style. The past is 저주핬어요.
What is the past tense of 저주하다?
저주핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 저주핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 저주하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 저주하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 저주합니다, 저주하, 저주하니 all keep 저주하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 저주하다?
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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