꽂다

to insert, to stick in

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꽂는
아/어Infinitive
꽂아
-으니Since
꽂으니
합니다Formal
꽂습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꽂아요꽂습니다꽂아꽂는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꽂았어요꽂았습니다꽂았어꽂았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꽂겠어요꽂겠습니다꽂겠어꽂겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꽂을 거예요꽂을 것입니다꽂을 거야꽂을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꽂아요?꽂습니까?꽂아?꽂니?
과거Past 꽂았어요?꽂았습니까?꽂았어?꽂았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꽂으세요꽂으십시오꽂아꽂아라
청유Let's 꽂아요꽂읍시다꽂아꽂자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꽂아요안 꽂습니다안 꽂아안 꽂는다
-지 않다Not (long) 꽂지 않아요꽂지 않습니다꽂지 않아꽂지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꽂아요못 꽂습니다못 꽂아못 꽂는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꽂으세요꽂으십니다꽂으셔꽂으신다
과거Past 꽂으셨어요꽂으셨습니다꽂으셨어꽂으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꽂는
과거Past
꽂은
미래Future
꽂을
회상Used to
꽂던

Joining clauses

-고and
꽂고
-게-ly / so that
꽂게
-어서so / and then
꽂아서
-으니까since
꽂으니까
-으면if / when
꽂으면
-지만but
꽂지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꽂는데
-어도even if
꽂아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꽂고 있어요꽂고 있습니다꽂고 있어꽂고 있다
과거Was doing 꽂고 있었어요꽂고 있었습니다꽂고 있었어꽂고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

양 측면에 초를 꽂으면 어떻게 될까요.

So what you would have had were candles on either side.

아직 바늘도 안 꽂았어요

I haven't even put the needle in yet.

차 키는 꽂아 둔 채로 말이죠

Left his key in the ignition.

다른 쪽 끝은 아이패드에 꽂을 거에요.

I'm going to take the other end, I'm going to plug in into my iPod.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꽂다 in Korean?

꽂다 (to insert, to stick in) is 꽂아요 in the polite 해요체, 꽂습니다 in formal 합니다체, 꽂아 in casual 반말 and 꽂는다 in the plain written style. The past is 꽂았어요.

What is the past tense of 꽂다?

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

Is 꽂다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꽂습니다, 꽂아, 꽂으니 all keep 꽂 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꽂다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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