찢다

to tear, to rip

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
찢는
아/어Infinitive
찢어
-으니Since
찢으니
합니다Formal
찢습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찢어요찢습니다찢어찢는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찢었어요찢었습니다찢었어찢었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찢겠어요찢겠습니다찢겠어찢겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찢을 거예요찢을 것입니다찢을 거야찢을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찢어요?찢습니까?찢어?찢니?
과거Past 찢었어요?찢었습니까?찢었어?찢었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찢으세요찢으십시오찢어찢어라
청유Let's 찢어요찢읍시다찢어찢자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 찢어요안 찢습니다안 찢어안 찢는다
-지 않다Not (long) 찢지 않아요찢지 않습니다찢지 않아찢지 않는다
못Cannot 못 찢어요못 찢습니다못 찢어못 찢는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찢으세요찢으십니다찢으셔찢으신다
과거Past 찢으셨어요찢으셨습니다찢으셨어찢으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
찢는
과거Past
찢은
미래Future
찢을
회상Used to
찢던

Joining clauses

-고and
찢고
-게-ly / so that
찢게
-어서so / and then
찢어서
-으니까since
찢으니까
-으면if / when
찢으면
-지만but
찢지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찢는데
-어도even if
찢어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찢고 있어요찢고 있습니다찢고 있어찢고 있다
과거Was doing 찢고 있었어요찢고 있었습니다찢고 있었어찢고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

다음엔 온통 하늘인데 가운데를 찢은 배경을 만들었어요.

And it was epic, but, like, starter-kit epic.

내 마지막 편지는 찢어 버렸길 바란다.

I hope you tore up my last letter.

책을 찢다

to rip a book

막을 찢으면 안 돼

But you can't break the membrane.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 찢다 in Korean?

찢다 (to tear, to rip) is 찢어요 in the polite 해요체, 찢습니다 in formal 합니다체, 찢어 in casual 반말 and 찢는다 in the plain written style. The past is 찢었어요.

What is the past tense of 찢다?

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

Is 찢다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찢습니다, 찢어, 찢으니 all keep 찢 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찢다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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