쫓다

to chase

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쫓는
아/어Infinitive
쫓아
-으니Since
쫓으니
합니다Formal
쫓습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫓아요쫓습니다쫓아쫓는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쫓았어요쫓았습니다쫓았어쫓았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쫓겠어요쫓겠습니다쫓겠어쫓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쫓을 거예요쫓을 것입니다쫓을 거야쫓을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쫓아요?쫓습니까?쫓아?쫓니?
과거Past 쫓았어요?쫓았습니까?쫓았어?쫓았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쫓으세요쫓으십시오쫓아쫓아라
청유Let's 쫓아요쫓읍시다쫓아쫓자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쫓아요안 쫓습니다안 쫓아안 쫓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 쫓지 않아요쫓지 않습니다쫓지 않아쫓지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쫓아요못 쫓습니다못 쫓아못 쫓는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쫓으세요쫓으십니다쫓으셔쫓으신다
과거Past 쫓으셨어요쫓으셨습니다쫓으셨어쫓으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쫓는
과거Past
쫓은
미래Future
쫓을
회상Used to
쫓던

Joining clauses

-고and
쫓고
-게-ly / so that
쫓게
-어서so / and then
쫓아서
-으니까since
쫓으니까
-으면if / when
쫓으면
-지만but
쫓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쫓는데
-어도even if
쫓아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쫓고 있어요쫓고 있습니다쫓고 있어쫓고 있다
과거Was doing 쫓고 있었어요쫓고 있었습니다쫓고 있었어쫓고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

친누나가 누군가를 쫓고 있습니다.

My sister is chasing someone else. It's not me.

어서 쫓자. 이제 다시 떨어지고.

Now you have to stay away. Get away.

저들이 왜 날 쫓죠?

You talked to someone inside Tread stone.

그럼 왜 경찰이 쫓죠?

Why are the police following you?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쫓다 in Korean?

쫓다 (to chase) is 쫓아요 in the polite 해요체, 쫓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 쫓아 in casual 반말 and 쫓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 쫓았어요.

What is the past tense of 쫓다?

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

Is 쫓다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쫓습니다, 쫓아, 쫓으니 all keep 쫓 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쫓다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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