찌들다 Korean verb conjugation

to become filthy

Every form of 찌들다 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
찌드는
아/어Infinitive
찌들어
-으니Since
찌드니
합니다Formal
찌듭니다

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 찌들어요찌듭니다찌들어찌든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찌들었어요찌들었습니다찌들었어찌들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찌들겠어요찌들겠습니다찌들겠어찌들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찌들 거예요찌들 것입니다찌들 거야찌들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찌들어요?찌듭니까?찌들어?찌드니?
과거Past 찌들었어요?찌들었습니까?찌들었어?찌들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찌드세요찌드십시오찌들어찌들어라
청유Let's 찌들어요찌듭시다찌들어찌들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 찌들어요안 찌듭니다안 찌들어안 찌든다
-지 않다Not (long) 찌들지 않아요찌들지 않습니다찌들지 않아찌들지 않는다
Cannot 못 찌들어요못 찌듭니다못 찌들어못 찌든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찌드세요찌드십니다찌드셔찌드신다
과거Past 찌드셨어요찌드셨습니다찌드셨어찌드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
찌드는
과거Past
찌든
미래Future
찌들
회상Used to
찌들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
찌들고
-게-ly / so that
찌들게
-어서so / and then
찌들어서
-으니까since
찌드니까
-으면if / when
찌들면
-지만but
찌들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찌드는데
-어도even if
찌들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찌들고 있어요찌들고 있습니다찌들고 있어찌들고 있다
과거Was doing 찌들고 있었어요찌들고 있었습니다찌들고 있었어찌들고 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.

수갑 차고, 약에 찌들고 우울하고 배고프고 정신적으로 문제가 있는 사람들이 제 앞으로 옵니다.

People come before me handcuffed, drug-sick, depressed, hungry and mentally ill.

저에게 전쟁과 질병으로 찌든 마음을 치유하는 것의 시작은 신체에 편안하고 감당할 만한 가격의 장치를 만드는 것입니다.

For me, a place to begin healing the souls of those affected by war and disease is by creating comfortable and affordable interfaces for their bodies.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 찌들다 in Korean?

찌들다 (to become filthy) is 찌들어요 in the polite 해요체, 찌듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 찌들어 in casual 반말 and 찌든다 in the plain written style. The past is 찌들었어요.

What is the past tense of 찌들다?

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

Is 찌들다 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 찌들어 and 찌드니 but unchanged in 찌듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 찌들다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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