점치다 Korean verb conjugation

to tell fortunes, to predict

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 점치다 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
점치는
아/어Infinitive
점쳐
-으니Since
점치니
합니다Formal
점칩니다

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 점쳐요점칩니다점쳐점친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 점쳤어요점쳤습니다점쳤어점쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 점치겠어요점치겠습니다점치겠어점치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 점칠 거예요점칠 것입니다점칠 거야점칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 점쳐요?점칩니까?점쳐?점치니?
과거Past 점쳤어요?점쳤습니까?점쳤어?점쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 점치세요점치십시오점쳐점쳐라
청유Let's 점쳐요점칩시다점쳐점치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 점쳐요안 점칩니다안 점쳐안 점친다
-지 않다Not (long) 점치지 않아요점치지 않습니다점치지 않아점치지 않는다
Cannot 못 점쳐요못 점칩니다못 점쳐못 점친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 점치세요점치십니다점치셔점치신다
과거Past 점치셨어요점치셨습니다점치셨어점치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
점치는
과거Past
점친
미래Future
점칠
회상Used to
점치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
점치고
-게-ly / so that
점치게
-어서so / and then
점쳐서
-으니까since
점치니까
-으면if / when
점치면
-지만but
점치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
점치는데
-어도even if
점쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 점치고 있어요점치고 있습니다점치고 있어점치고 있다
과거Was doing 점치고 있었어요점치고 있었습니다점치고 있었어점치고 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.

당시 팀이 가능성을 점치고 있던 여자들입니다

These were the girls available to him at that time.

또 다른 의원 1,050명이 임명될 예정으로, 많은 이들이 그중 여성이 나올 것을 점치고 있다.

Another 1,050 councillors will be appointed, with many expecting women among them.

로마인들은 이 새들을 군사 작전에 데리고 가서 전투의 승리를 점치는데 사용하곤 했습니다.

Romans brought them on their military campaigns to foretell the success of future battles.

당연히 여기 이 사진은 우리가 숨어있을 그때 그 산에서 빠져나오기 위해 갈길을 점칠 때 찍은 것입니다

And of course, this is a photograph literally taken the night we were in hiding, as they divine their route to take us out of the mountains.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 점치다 in Korean?

점치다 (to tell fortunes, to predict) is 점쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 점칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 점쳐 in casual 반말 and 점친다 in the plain written style. The past is 점쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 점치다?

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

Is 점치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 점칩니다, 점쳐, 점치니 all keep 점치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 점치다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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