늦추다

to delay, put off

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
늦추는
아/어Infinitive
늦춰
-으니Since
늦추니
합니다Formal
늦춥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늦춰요늦춥니다늦춰늦춘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늦췄어요늦췄습니다늦췄어늦췄다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 늦추겠어요늦추겠습니다늦추겠어늦추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 늦출 거예요늦출 것입니다늦출 거야늦출 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늦춰요?늦춥니까?늦춰?늦추니?
과거Past 늦췄어요?늦췄습니까?늦췄어?늦췄니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 늦추세요늦추십시오늦춰늦춰라
청유Let's 늦춰요늦춥시다늦춰늦추자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 늦춰요안 늦춥니다안 늦춰안 늦춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 늦추지 않아요늦추지 않습니다늦추지 않아늦추지 않는다
못Cannot 못 늦춰요못 늦춥니다못 늦춰못 늦춘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늦추세요늦추십니다늦추셔늦추신다
과거Past 늦추셨어요늦추셨습니다늦추셨어늦추셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
늦추는
과거Past
늦춘
미래Future
늦출
회상Used to
늦추던

Joining clauses

-고and
늦추고
-게-ly / so that
늦추게
-어서so / and then
늦춰서
-으니까since
늦추니까
-으면if / when
늦추면
-지만but
늦추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
늦추는데
-어도even if
늦춰도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 늦추고 있어요늦추고 있습니다늦추고 있어늦추고 있다
과거Was doing 늦추고 있었어요늦추고 있었습니다늦추고 있었어늦추고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여러분을 위해 늦춘 겁니다.

I slowed it down for you.

그러다 제 앞에 있던 사람이 걸음을 늦추었습니다.

When the person in front of me slows down.

가능성을 늦추고 침체, 혼란시켜서 결국엔 없애버립니다.

It serves to impede, stagnate, confuse and kill.

우리는 군인들에게 경계를 완전히 늦추라고 하지는 않습니다.

So we never advise veterans to turn off caution completely.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 늦추다 in Korean?

늦추다 (to delay, put off) is 늦춰요 in the polite 해요체, 늦춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 늦춰 in casual 반말 and 늦춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 늦췄어요.

What is the past tense of 늦추다?

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

Is 늦추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 늦춥니다, 늦춰, 늦추니 all keep 늦추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 늦추다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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