줍다 Korean verb conjugation

to pick up

Every form of 줍다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
줍는
아/어Infinitive
주워
-으니Since
주우니
합니다Formal
줍습니다

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 주워요줍습니다주워줍는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 주웠어요주웠습니다주웠어주웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 줍겠어요줍겠습니다줍겠어줍겠다
-을 것이다Going to 주울 거예요주울 것입니다주울 거야주울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 주워요?줍습니까?주워?줍니?
과거Past 주웠어요?주웠습니까?주웠어?주웠니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 주우세요주우십시오주워주워라
청유Let's 주워요주웁시다주워줍자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 주워요안 줍습니다안 주워안 줍는다
-지 않다Not (long) 줍지 않아요줍지 않습니다줍지 않아줍지 않는다
Cannot 못 주워요못 줍습니다못 주워못 줍는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 주우세요주우십니다주우셔주우신다
과거Past 주우셨어요주우셨습니다주우셨어주우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
줍는
과거Past
주운
미래Future
주울
회상Used to
줍던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
줍고
-게-ly / so that
줍게
-어서so / and then
주워서
-으니까since
주우니까
-으면if / when
주우면
-지만but
줍지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
줍는데
-어도even if
주워도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 줍고 있어요줍고 있습니다줍고 있어줍고 있다
과거Was doing 줍고 있었어요줍고 있었습니다줍고 있었어줍고 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.

나는 그의 말을 주워들었다.

I caught what he said.

이건 잊어 나중에 주워

Forget the table. Pick them up later.

그리고 저는 물건들을 줍죠.

Then I just pick things up.

가다가 쉴 거예요 그때 뭐 주워 먹을게요

I'll pick up something then.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 줍다 in Korean?

줍다 (to pick up) is 주워요 in the polite 해요체, 줍습니다 in formal 합니다체, 주워 in casual 반말 and 줍는다 in the plain written style. The past is 주웠어요.

What is the past tense of 줍다?

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

Is 줍다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 주워 and 주우니 but unchanged in 줍습니다.

What TOPIK level is 줍다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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