무치다 Korean verb conjugation

to season with

Every form of 무치다 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
무치는
아/어Infinitive
무쳐
-으니Since
무치니
합니다Formal
무칩니다

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 무쳐요무칩니다무쳐무친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 무쳤어요무쳤습니다무쳤어무쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 무치겠어요무치겠습니다무치겠어무치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 무칠 거예요무칠 것입니다무칠 거야무칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무쳐요?무칩니까?무쳐?무치니?
과거Past 무쳤어요?무쳤습니까?무쳤어?무쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 무치세요무치십시오무쳐무쳐라
청유Let's 무쳐요무칩시다무쳐무치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 무쳐요안 무칩니다안 무쳐안 무친다
-지 않다Not (long) 무치지 않아요무치지 않습니다무치지 않아무치지 않는다
Cannot 못 무쳐요못 무칩니다못 무쳐못 무친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무치세요무치십니다무치셔무치신다
과거Past 무치셨어요무치셨습니다무치셨어무치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
무치는
과거Past
무친
미래Future
무칠
회상Used to
무치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
무치고
-게-ly / so that
무치게
-어서so / and then
무쳐서
-으니까since
무치니까
-으면if / when
무치면
-지만but
무치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
무치는데
-어도even if
무쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 무치고 있어요무치고 있습니다무치고 있어무치고 있다
과거Was doing 무치고 있었어요무치고 있었습니다무치고 있었어무치고 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.

당근은 그냥 생으로 먹거나 양념에 무쳐 먹는다.

Local people like to eat it for breakfast or just for snack.

무치 소식 들었어?

Did you hear what happened to Moochie?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 무치다 in Korean?

무치다 (to season with) is 무쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 무칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 무쳐 in casual 반말 and 무친다 in the plain written style. The past is 무쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 무치다?

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

Is 무치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 무칩니다, 무쳐, 무치니 all keep 무치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 무치다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.