쥐어뜯다

to tear out (hair)

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쥐어뜯는
아/어Infinitive
쥐어뜯어
-으니Since
쥐어뜯으니
합니다Formal
쥐어뜯습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쥐어뜯어요쥐어뜯습니다쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쥐어뜯었어요쥐어뜯었습니다쥐어뜯었어쥐어뜯었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쥐어뜯겠어요쥐어뜯겠습니다쥐어뜯겠어쥐어뜯겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쥐어뜯을 거예요쥐어뜯을 것입니다쥐어뜯을 거야쥐어뜯을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쥐어뜯어요?쥐어뜯습니까?쥐어뜯어?쥐어뜯니?
과거Past 쥐어뜯었어요?쥐어뜯었습니까?쥐어뜯었어?쥐어뜯었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쥐어뜯으세요쥐어뜯으십시오쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯어라
청유Let's 쥐어뜯어요쥐어뜯읍시다쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쥐어뜯어요안 쥐어뜯습니다안 쥐어뜯어안 쥐어뜯는다
-지 않다Not (long) 쥐어뜯지 않아요쥐어뜯지 않습니다쥐어뜯지 않아쥐어뜯지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쥐어뜯어요못 쥐어뜯습니다못 쥐어뜯어못 쥐어뜯는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쥐어뜯으세요쥐어뜯으십니다쥐어뜯으셔쥐어뜯으신다
과거Past 쥐어뜯으셨어요쥐어뜯으셨습니다쥐어뜯으셨어쥐어뜯으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쥐어뜯는
과거Past
쥐어뜯은
미래Future
쥐어뜯을
회상Used to
쥐어뜯던

Joining clauses

-고and
쥐어뜯고
-게-ly / so that
쥐어뜯게
-어서so / and then
쥐어뜯어서
-으니까since
쥐어뜯으니까
-으면if / when
쥐어뜯으면
-지만but
쥐어뜯지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쥐어뜯는데
-어도even if
쥐어뜯어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쥐어뜯고 있어요쥐어뜯고 있습니다쥐어뜯고 있어쥐어뜯고 있다
과거Was doing 쥐어뜯고 있었어요쥐어뜯고 있었습니다쥐어뜯고 있었어쥐어뜯고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

말 그대로 머리를 쥐어뜯었다니까

I've literally been tearing my own hair out.

총알을 봤잖아 그의 몸을 쥐어뜯다

You saw the bullet tear into his body.

근데 쥐어뜯고 싸우다 축구가 되려나

It's not football, it's soccer. That's what we call it in the States.

쥐어뜯는 것처럼 아픈 게 뭔지 알게 됐어

That day, I felt like someone was literally tearing my heart apart.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쥐어뜯다 in Korean?

쥐어뜯다 (to tear out (hair)) is 쥐어뜯어요 in the polite 해요체, 쥐어뜯습니다 in formal 합니다체, 쥐어뜯어 in casual 반말 and 쥐어뜯는다 in the plain written style. The past is 쥐어뜯었어요.

What is the past tense of 쥐어뜯다?

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

Is 쥐어뜯다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쥐어뜯습니다, 쥐어뜯어, 쥐어뜯으니 all keep 쥐어뜯 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쥐어뜯다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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