꿰다 Korean verb conjugation

to thread

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꿰다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
꿰는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
꿰니
합니다Formal
뀁니다

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 꿰요뀁니다꿴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뀄어요뀄습니다뀄어뀄다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿰겠어요꿰겠습니다꿰겠어꿰겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿸 거예요꿸 것입니다꿸 거야꿸 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰요?뀁니까?꿰?꿰니?
과거Past 뀄어요?뀄습니까?뀄어?뀄니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿰세요꿰십시오꿰라
청유Let's 꿰요뀁시다꿰자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꿰요안 뀁니다안 꿰안 꿴다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿰지 않아요꿰지 않습니다꿰지 않아꿰지 않는다
Cannot 못 꿰요못 뀁니다못 꿰못 꿴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰세요꿰십니다꿰셔꿰신다
과거Past 꿰셨어요꿰셨습니다꿰셨어꿰셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿰는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
꿰던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꿰고
-게-ly / so that
꿰게
-어서so / and then
꿰서
-으니까since
꿰니까
-으면if / when
꿰면
-지만but
꿰지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿰는데
-어도even if
꿰도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿰고 있어요꿰고 있습니다꿰고 있어꿰고 있다
과거Was doing 꿰고 있었어요꿰고 있었습니다꿰고 있었어꿰고 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.

그것이 바로 꿰는 자들이 하는 일입니다.

And that's what weavers are doing.

그리고 우리는 모든 장소에서 꿰는 사람들을 찾을 수 있었습니다.

And we plop into a place and we find weavers anywhere, everywhere.

꿰는 자들은 더 나은 삶의 방법을 찾아내었습니다.

And these weavers have found a better way to live.

제 생각에 꿰는 자들은 그 언어를 이미 찾았습니다.

And to me, the weavers have found that language.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿰다 in Korean?

꿰다 (to thread) is 꿰요 in the polite 해요체, 뀁니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿰 in casual 반말 and 꿴다 in the plain written style. The past is 뀄어요.

What is the past tense of 꿰다?

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

Is 꿰다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뀁니다, 꿰, 꿰니 all keep 꿰 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿰다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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