적다

to write, to write down

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
적는
아/어Infinitive
적어
-으니Since
적으니
합니다Formal
적습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적어요적습니다적어적는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적었어요적었습니다적었어적었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 적겠어요적겠습니다적겠어적겠다
-을 것이다Going to 적을 거예요적을 것입니다적을 거야적을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적어요?적습니까?적어?적니?
과거Past 적었어요?적었습니까?적었어?적었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 적으세요적으십시오적어적어라
청유Let's 적어요적읍시다적어적자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 적어요안 적습니다안 적어안 적는다
-지 않다Not (long) 적지 않아요적지 않습니다적지 않아적지 않는다
못Cannot 못 적어요못 적습니다못 적어못 적는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적으세요적으십니다적으셔적으신다
과거Past 적으셨어요적으셨습니다적으셨어적으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
적는
과거Past
적은
미래Future
적을
회상Used to
적던

Joining clauses

-고and
적고
-게-ly / so that
적게
-어서so / and then
적어서
-으니까since
적으니까
-으면if / when
적으면
-지만but
적지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
적는데
-어도even if
적어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 적고 있어요적고 있습니다적고 있어적고 있다
과거Was doing 적고 있었어요적고 있었습니다적고 있었어적고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

적어보면 이렇게 되고요.

Written out, it looks like this.

그녀는 이렇게 적고 있다:

Translating the importance of activism

그래서 그 내용에 대해 적었습니다.

So that's what I wrote about.

적어놨다면 잊지 않았을 텐데.

Had I written it down, I wouldn't have forgotten it.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 적다 in Korean?

적다 (to write, to write down) is 적어요 in the polite 해요체, 적습니다 in formal 합니다체, 적어 in casual 반말 and 적는다 in the plain written style. The past is 적었어요.

What is the past tense of 적다?

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

Is 적다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 적습니다, 적어, 적으니 all keep 적 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 적다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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