죽다

to die

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
죽는
아/어Infinitive
죽어
-으니Since
죽으니
합니다Formal
죽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죽어요죽습니다죽어죽는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죽었어요죽었습니다죽었어죽었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 죽겠어요죽겠습니다죽겠어죽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 죽을 거예요죽을 것입니다죽을 거야죽을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죽어요?죽습니까?죽어?죽니?
과거Past 죽었어요?죽었습니까?죽었어?죽었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 죽으세요죽으십시오죽어죽어라
청유Let's 죽어요죽읍시다죽어죽자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 죽어요안 죽습니다안 죽어안 죽는다
-지 않다Not (long) 죽지 않아요죽지 않습니다죽지 않아죽지 않는다
못Cannot 못 죽어요못 죽습니다못 죽어못 죽는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죽으세요죽으십니다죽으셔죽으신다
과거Past 죽으셨어요죽으셨습니다죽으셨어죽으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
죽는
과거Past
죽은
미래Future
죽을
회상Used to
죽던

Joining clauses

-고and
죽고
-게-ly / so that
죽게
-어서so / and then
죽어서
-으니까since
죽으니까
-으면if / when
죽으면
-지만but
죽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
죽는데
-어도even if
죽어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 죽고 있어요죽고 있습니다죽고 있어죽고 있다
과거Was doing 죽고 있었어요죽고 있었습니다죽고 있었어죽고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

내 개는 죽었어.

My dog died.

사느냐 죽느냐의 문제다.

It is a matter of life or death.

여기서 죽고 싶지 않아.

I don't want to die here.

두 명이 죽었습니다.

Two were killed.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 죽다 in Korean?

죽다 (to die) is 죽어요 in the polite 해요체, 죽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 죽어 in casual 반말 and 죽는다 in the plain written style. The past is 죽었어요.

What is the past tense of 죽다?

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

Is 죽다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 죽습니다, 죽어, 죽으니 all keep 죽 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 죽다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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