쪼다

to peck

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쪼는
아/어Infinitive
쫘
-으니Since
쪼니
합니다Formal
쫍니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫘요쫍니다쫘쫀다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫬어요쫬습니다쫬어쫬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쪼겠어요쪼겠습니다쪼겠어쪼겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쫄 거예요쫄 것입니다쫄 거야쫄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쫘요?쫍니까?쫘?쪼니?
과거Past 쫬어요?쫬습니까?쫬어?쫬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쪼세요쪼십시오쫘쫘라
청유Let's 쫘요쫍시다쫘쪼자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쫘요안 쫍니다안 쫘안 쫀다
-지 않다Not (long) 쪼지 않아요쪼지 않습니다쪼지 않아쪼지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쫘요못 쫍니다못 쫘못 쫀다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쪼세요쪼십니다쪼셔쪼신다
과거Past 쪼셨어요쪼셨습니다쪼셨어쪼셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쪼는
과거Past
쫀
미래Future
쫄
회상Used to
쪼던

Joining clauses

-고and
쪼고
-게-ly / so that
쪼게
-어서so / and then
쫘서
-으니까since
쪼니까
-으면if / when
쪼면
-지만but
쪼지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쪼는데
-어도even if
쫘도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쪼고 있어요쪼고 있습니다쪼고 있어쪼고 있다
과거Was doing 쪼고 있었어요쪼고 있었습니다쪼고 있었어쪼고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

더 나은 쪼다를 찾아보자

Let's get a hold of a better asshole.

까마귀는 물고기를 쪼을 수 있지만

A crow can peck at a fish.

셋이 나머지를 죄다 쪼아서 죽였습니다.

They'd pecked the rest to death.

딱따구리들은 보통 머리를 나무에 하루에 몇 천번씩 매일 쫍니다.

They, the woodpeckers, typically will peck, they will bang their head on a piece of wood thousands of times every day. Every day!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쪼다 in Korean?

쪼다 (to peck) is 쫘요 in the polite 해요체, 쫍니다 in formal 합니다체, 쫘 in casual 반말 and 쫀다 in the plain written style. The past is 쫬어요.

What is the past tense of 쪼다?

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

Is 쪼다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쫍니다, 쫘, 쪼니 all keep 쪼 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쪼다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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