찌다

to gain weight

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
찌는
아/어Infinitive
쪄
-으니Since
찌니
합니다Formal
찝니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쪄요찝니다쪄찐다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쪘어요쪘습니다쪘어쪘다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찌겠어요찌겠습니다찌겠어찌겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찔 거예요찔 것입니다찔 거야찔 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쪄요?찝니까?쪄?찌니?
과거Past 쪘어요?쪘습니까?쪘어?쪘니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찌세요찌십시오쪄쪄라
청유Let's 쪄요찝시다쪄찌자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쪄요안 찝니다안 쪄안 찐다
-지 않다Not (long) 찌지 않아요찌지 않습니다찌지 않아찌지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쪄요못 찝니다못 쪄못 찐다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찌세요찌십니다찌셔찌신다
과거Past 찌셨어요찌셨습니다찌셨어찌셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
찌는
과거Past
찐
미래Future
찔
회상Used to
찌던

Joining clauses

-고and
찌고
-게-ly / so that
찌게
-어서so / and then
쪄서
-으니까since
찌니까
-으면if / when
찌면
-지만but
찌지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찌는데
-어도even if
쪄도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찌고 있어요찌고 있습니다찌고 있어찌고 있다
과거Was doing 찌고 있었어요찌고 있었습니다찌고 있었어찌고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

찌는 날씨 속에서도 인부들은 열심히 일했다.

Even in the sweltering weather, the labourers worked hard.

또 살이 쪄버렸어.

I've gained weight again.

살 찌고 싶지 않아.

I don't want to get fat.

이 고양이는 너무 살이 쪘어.

This cat is very fat.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 찌다 in Korean?

찌다 (to gain weight) is 쪄요 in the polite 해요체, 찝니다 in formal 합니다체, 쪄 in casual 반말 and 찐다 in the plain written style. The past is 쪘어요.

What is the past tense of 찌다?

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

Is 찌다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찝니다, 쪄, 찌니 all keep 찌 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찌다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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