쪼개다

to split, to cleave

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쪼개는
아/어Infinitive
쪼개
-으니Since
쪼개니
합니다Formal
쪼갭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쪼개요쪼갭니다쪼개쪼갠다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쪼갰어요쪼갰습니다쪼갰어쪼갰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쪼개겠어요쪼개겠습니다쪼개겠어쪼개겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쪼갤 거예요쪼갤 것입니다쪼갤 거야쪼갤 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쪼개요?쪼갭니까?쪼개?쪼개니?
과거Past 쪼갰어요?쪼갰습니까?쪼갰어?쪼갰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쪼개세요쪼개십시오쪼개쪼개라
청유Let's 쪼개요쪼갭시다쪼개쪼개자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쪼개요안 쪼갭니다안 쪼개안 쪼갠다
-지 않다Not (long) 쪼개지 않아요쪼개지 않습니다쪼개지 않아쪼개지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쪼개요못 쪼갭니다못 쪼개못 쪼갠다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쪼개세요쪼개십니다쪼개셔쪼개신다
과거Past 쪼개셨어요쪼개셨습니다쪼개셨어쪼개셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쪼개는
과거Past
쪼갠
미래Future
쪼갤
회상Used to
쪼개던

Joining clauses

-고and
쪼개고
-게-ly / so that
쪼개게
-어서so / and then
쪼개서
-으니까since
쪼개니까
-으면if / when
쪼개면
-지만but
쪼개지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쪼개는데
-어도even if
쪼개도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쪼개고 있어요쪼개고 있습니다쪼개고 있어쪼개고 있다
과거Was doing 쪼개고 있었어요쪼개고 있었습니다쪼개고 있었어쪼개고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

없는 시간을 쪼개서 너를 만났어.

I made time to meet you out of the little time I have.

내가 쪼개고 치기 때문에 틀렸다고 생각하는 분.

Who thinks it's wrong because I was splitting and cohitting that.

그녀의 시간을 쪼개서 지역단체를 위해 봉사했습니다.

She volunteered her time in her local community.

사과를 반으로 쪼개다

to split an apple in half

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쪼개다 in Korean?

쪼개다 (to split, to cleave) is 쪼개요 in the polite 해요체, 쪼갭니다 in formal 합니다체, 쪼개 in casual 반말 and 쪼갠다 in the plain written style. The past is 쪼갰어요.

What is the past tense of 쪼개다?

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

Is 쪼개다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쪼갭니다, 쪼개, 쪼개니 all keep 쪼개 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쪼개다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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