켜다

to play a stringed instrument

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
켜는
아/어Infinitive
켜
-으니Since
켜니
합니다Formal
켭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 켜요켭니다켜켠다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 켰어요켰습니다켰어켰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 켜겠어요켜겠습니다켜겠어켜겠다
-을 것이다Going to 켤 거예요켤 것입니다켤 거야켤 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 켜요?켭니까?켜?켜니?
과거Past 켰어요?켰습니까?켰어?켰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 켜세요켜십시오켜켜라
청유Let's 켜요켭시다켜켜자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 켜요안 켭니다안 켜안 켠다
-지 않다Not (long) 켜지 않아요켜지 않습니다켜지 않아켜지 않는다
못Cannot 못 켜요못 켭니다못 켜못 켠다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 켜세요켜십니다켜셔켜신다
과거Past 켜셨어요켜셨습니다켜셨어켜셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
켜는
과거Past
켠
미래Future
켤
회상Used to
켜던

Joining clauses

-고and
켜고
-게-ly / so that
켜게
-어서so / and then
켜서
-으니까since
켜니까
-으면if / when
켜면
-지만but
켜지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
켜는데
-어도even if
켜도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 켜고 있어요켜고 있습니다켜고 있어켜고 있다
과거Was doing 켜고 있었어요켜고 있었습니다켜고 있었어켜고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

밭골을 켜다

make furrows

어두워지고 있어. 불 켜줘.

It's getting dark. Please turn on the light.

라디오가 너무 낮아서 켜고 있어요.

I'm turning the radio up because it's too low.

라디오도 켤 수 있습니다.

We can turn on the radio.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 켜다 in Korean?

켜다 (to play a stringed instrument) is 켜요 in the polite 해요체, 켭니다 in formal 합니다체, 켜 in casual 반말 and 켠다 in the plain written style. The past is 켰어요.

What is the past tense of 켜다?

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

Is 켜다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 켭니다, 켜, 켜니 all keep 켜 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 켜다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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