쫓아가다 Korean verb conjugation

to pursue

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 쫓아가다 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: 쫓아가는
아/어Infinitive: 쫓아가
-으니Since: 쫓아가니
합니다Formal: 쫓아갑니다

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	쫓아가요	쫓아갑니다	쫓아가	쫓아간다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	쫓아갔어요	쫓아갔습니다	쫓아갔어	쫓아갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	쫓아가겠어요	쫓아가겠습니다	쫓아가겠어	쫓아가겠다
-을 것이다Going to	쫓아갈 거예요	쫓아갈 것입니다	쫓아갈 거야	쫓아갈 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	쫓아가요?	쫓아갑니까?	쫓아가?	쫓아가니?
과거Past	쫓아갔어요?	쫓아갔습니까?	쫓아갔어?	쫓아갔니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	쫓아가세요	쫓아가십시오	쫓아가	쫓아가라
also, archaic	쫓아가거라
청유Let's	쫓아가요	쫓아갑시다	쫓아가	쫓아가자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 쫓아가요	안 쫓아갑니다	안 쫓아가	안 쫓아간다
-지 않다Not (long)	쫓아가지 않아요	쫓아가지 않습니다	쫓아가지 않아	쫓아가지 않는다
못Cannot	못 쫓아가요	못 쫓아갑니다	못 쫓아가	못 쫓아간다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	쫓아가세요	쫓아가십니다	쫓아가셔	쫓아가신다
과거Past	쫓아가셨어요	쫓아가셨습니다	쫓아가셨어	쫓아가셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 쫓아가는
과거Past: 쫓아간
미래Future: 쫓아갈
회상Used to: 쫓아가던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 쫓아가고
-게-ly / so that: 쫓아가게
-어서so / and then: 쫓아가서
-으니까since: 쫓아가니까
-으면if / when: 쫓아가면
-지만but: 쫓아가지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 쫓아가는데
-어도even if: 쫓아가도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	쫓아가고 있어요	쫓아가고 있습니다	쫓아가고 있어	쫓아가고 있다
과거Was doing	쫓아가고 있었어요	쫓아가고 있었습니다	쫓아가고 있었어	쫓아가고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

1이 2에/에게/로 쫓아가다
1이 2를 쫓아가다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

우리는 고양이를 쫓아갔다.

We ran after the cat.

자 이제 다시 쫓아갈 시간이야.

Now you can chase them again. Time to chase them.

너 그 사람 쫓아갔지?

I told you not to.

왜! 왜 못 쫓아갔을까

Why didn't I go?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쫓아가다 in Korean?

쫓아가다 (to pursue) is 쫓아가요 in the polite 해요체, 쫓아갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 쫓아가 in casual 반말 and 쫓아간다 in the plain written style. The past is 쫓아갔어요.

What is the past tense of 쫓아가다?

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

Is 쫓아가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쫓아갑니다, 쫓아가, 쫓아가니 all keep 쫓아가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쫓아가다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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