죽이다

to kill

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
죽이는
아/어Infinitive
죽여
-으니Since
죽이니
합니다Formal
죽입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죽여요죽입니다죽여죽인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죽였어요죽였습니다죽였어죽였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 죽이겠어요죽이겠습니다죽이겠어죽이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 죽일 거예요죽일 것입니다죽일 거야죽일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죽여요?죽입니까?죽여?죽이니?
과거Past 죽였어요?죽였습니까?죽였어?죽였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 죽이세요죽이십시오죽여죽여라
청유Let's 죽여요죽입시다죽여죽이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 죽여요안 죽입니다안 죽여안 죽인다
-지 않다Not (long) 죽이지 않아요죽이지 않습니다죽이지 않아죽이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 죽여요못 죽입니다못 죽여못 죽인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죽이세요죽이십니다죽이셔죽이신다
과거Past 죽이셨어요죽이셨습니다죽이셨어죽이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
죽이는
과거Past
죽인
미래Future
죽일
회상Used to
죽이던

Joining clauses

-고and
죽이고
-게-ly / so that
죽이게
-어서so / and then
죽여서
-으니까since
죽이니까
-으면if / when
죽이면
-지만but
죽이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
죽이는데
-어도even if
죽여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 죽이고 있어요죽이고 있습니다죽이고 있어죽이고 있다
과거Was doing 죽이고 있었어요죽이고 있었습니다죽이고 있었어죽이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

나는 그를 죽일 것이다.

I'll kill him.

널 죽일 순 없어

I will not kill you.

그를 죽이면 안 돼

No, you can't kill him.

널 죽여 버릴 거야

I'm going to kill you.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 죽이다 in Korean?

죽이다 (to kill) is 죽여요 in the polite 해요체, 죽입니다 in formal 합니다체, 죽여 in casual 반말 and 죽인다 in the plain written style. The past is 죽였어요.

What is the past tense of 죽이다?

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

Is 죽이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 죽입니다, 죽여, 죽이니 all keep 죽이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 죽이다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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