꿰뚫다

to pierce

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꿰뚫는
아/어Infinitive
꿰뚫어
-으니Since
꿰뚫으니
합니다Formal
꿰뚫습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿰뚫어요꿰뚫습니다꿰뚫어꿰뚫는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿰뚫었어요꿰뚫었습니다꿰뚫었어꿰뚫었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿰뚫겠어요꿰뚫겠습니다꿰뚫겠어꿰뚫겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿰뚫을 거예요꿰뚫을 것입니다꿰뚫을 거야꿰뚫을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰뚫어요?꿰뚫습니까?꿰뚫어?꿰뚫니?
과거Past 꿰뚫었어요?꿰뚫었습니까?꿰뚫었어?꿰뚫었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿰뚫으세요꿰뚫으십시오꿰뚫어꿰뚫어라
청유Let's 꿰뚫어요꿰뚫읍시다꿰뚫어꿰뚫자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꿰뚫어요안 꿰뚫습니다안 꿰뚫어안 꿰뚫는다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿰뚫지 않아요꿰뚫지 않습니다꿰뚫지 않아꿰뚫지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꿰뚫어요못 꿰뚫습니다못 꿰뚫어못 꿰뚫는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰뚫으세요꿰뚫으십니다꿰뚫으셔꿰뚫으신다
과거Past 꿰뚫으셨어요꿰뚫으셨습니다꿰뚫으셨어꿰뚫으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿰뚫는
과거Past
꿰뚫은
미래Future
꿰뚫을
회상Used to
꿰뚫던

Joining clauses

-고and
꿰뚫고
-게-ly / so that
꿰뚫게
-어서so / and then
꿰뚫어서
-으니까since
꿰뚫으니까
-으면if / when
꿰뚫으면
-지만but
꿰뚫지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿰뚫는데
-어도even if
꿰뚫어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿰뚫고 있어요꿰뚫고 있습니다꿰뚫고 있어꿰뚫고 있다
과거Was doing 꿰뚫고 있었어요꿰뚫고 있었습니다꿰뚫고 있었어꿰뚫고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그걸 꿰뚫어 보시고 내려놓으세요.

Choose to see through them.

우리는 안쪽을 꿰뚫어볼 수 없습니다.

We'll never see through it, it's opaque to light.

칼로 등 뒤를 꿰뚫었지

Drove my sword through his back. A lie.

날 꿰뚫어 보는 것 같죠?

You think you see through me, do you?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿰뚫다 in Korean?

꿰뚫다 (to pierce) is 꿰뚫어요 in the polite 해요체, 꿰뚫습니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿰뚫어 in casual 반말 and 꿰뚫는다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿰뚫었어요.

What is the past tense of 꿰뚫다?

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

Is 꿰뚫다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿰뚫습니다, 꿰뚫어, 꿰뚫으니 all keep 꿰뚫 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿰뚫다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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