꾸다

to borrow

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꾸는
아/어Infinitive
꿔
-으니Since
꾸니
합니다Formal
꿉니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿔요꿉니다꿔꾼다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿨어요꿨습니다꿨어꿨다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꾸겠어요꾸겠습니다꾸겠어꾸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿀 거예요꿀 것입니다꿀 거야꿀 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿔요?꿉니까?꿔?꾸니?
과거Past 꿨어요?꿨습니까?꿨어?꿨니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꾸세요꾸십시오꿔꿔라
청유Let's 꿔요꿉시다꿔꾸자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꿔요안 꿉니다안 꿔안 꾼다
-지 않다Not (long) 꾸지 않아요꾸지 않습니다꾸지 않아꾸지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꿔요못 꿉니다못 꿔못 꾼다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾸세요꾸십니다꾸셔꾸신다
과거Past 꾸셨어요꾸셨습니다꾸셨어꾸셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꾸는
과거Past
꾼
미래Future
꿀
회상Used to
꾸던

Joining clauses

-고and
꾸고
-게-ly / so that
꾸게
-어서so / and then
꿔서
-으니까since
꾸니까
-으면if / when
꾸면
-지만but
꾸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꾸는데
-어도even if
꿔도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꾸고 있어요꾸고 있습니다꾸고 있어꾸고 있다
과거Was doing 꾸고 있었어요꾸고 있었습니다꾸고 있었어꾸고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

왜 우리는 꿈을 꿔?

Why do we dream?

내 꿈 꿔본 적 있어?

Have you ever dreamed of me?

나 어젯밤 이상한 꿈을 꿨어.

I had a weird dream last night.

나는 종종 프랑스어로 꿈을 꿔.

I often dream in French.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꾸다 in Korean?

꾸다 (to borrow) is 꿔요 in the polite 해요체, 꿉니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿔 in casual 반말 and 꾼다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿨어요.

What is the past tense of 꾸다?

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

Is 꾸다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿉니다, 꿔, 꾸니 all keep 꾸 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꾸다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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