쫓아가다

to pursue

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쫓아가는
아/어Infinitive
쫓아가
-으니Since
쫓아가니
합니다Formal
쫓아갑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫓아가요쫓아갑니다쫓아가쫓아간다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫓아갔어요쫓아갔습니다쫓아갔어쫓아갔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쫓아가겠어요쫓아가겠습니다쫓아가겠어쫓아가겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쫓아갈 거예요쫓아갈 것입니다쫓아갈 거야쫓아갈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쫓아가요?쫓아갑니까?쫓아가?쫓아가니?
과거Past 쫓아갔어요?쫓아갔습니까?쫓아갔어?쫓아갔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쫓아가세요쫓아가십시오쫓아가쫓아가라
also, archaic쫓아가거라
청유Let's 쫓아가요쫓아갑시다쫓아가쫓아가자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쫓아가요안 쫓아갑니다안 쫓아가안 쫓아간다
-지 않다Not (long) 쫓아가지 않아요쫓아가지 않습니다쫓아가지 않아쫓아가지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쫓아가요못 쫓아갑니다못 쫓아가못 쫓아간다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쫓아가세요쫓아가십니다쫓아가셔쫓아가신다
과거Past 쫓아가셨어요쫓아가셨습니다쫓아가셨어쫓아가셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쫓아가는
과거Past
쫓아간
미래Future
쫓아갈
회상Used to
쫓아가던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쫓아가고 있어요쫓아가고 있습니다쫓아가고 있어쫓아가고 있다
과거Was doing 쫓아가고 있었어요쫓아가고 있었습니다쫓아가고 있었어쫓아가고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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?

Common 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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