주다 Korean verb conjugation

to give

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 주다 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
주는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
주니
합니다Formal
줍니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줘요줍니다준다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줬어요줬습니다줬어줬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 주겠어요주겠습니다주겠어주겠다
-을 것이다Going to 줄 거예요줄 것입니다줄 거야줄 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 줘요?줍니까?줘?주니?
과거Past 줬어요?줬습니까?줬어?줬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 주세요주십시오줘라
청유Let's 줘요줍시다주자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 줘요안 줍니다안 줘안 준다
-지 않다Not (long) 주지 않아요주지 않습니다주지 않아주지 않는다
Cannot 못 줘요못 줍니다못 줘못 준다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 주세요주십니다주셔주신다
과거Past 주셨어요주셨습니다주셨어주셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
주는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
주던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
주고
-게-ly / so that
주게
-어서so / and then
줘서
-으니까since
주니까
-으면if / when
주면
-지만but
주지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
주는데
-어도even if
줘도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 주고 있어요주고 있습니다주고 있어주고 있다
과거Was doing 주고 있었어요주고 있었습니다주고 있었어주고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

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

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

저에게 더 보여주세요.

Show me more.

나는 내가 들은 걸 너에게 말해주는 것뿐이다.

I'm just telling you what I heard.

제가 다시 말해줬습니다

And Bill said, "So?"

저를 따라해 주시겠어요?

Can you please follow along with me?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 주다 in Korean?

주다 (to give) is 줘요 in the polite 해요체, 줍니다 in formal 합니다체, 줘 in casual 반말 and 준다 in the plain written style. The past is 줬어요.

What is the past tense of 주다?

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

Is 주다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 줍니다, 줘, 주니 all keep 주 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 주다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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