누다

to excrete

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
누는
아/어Infinitive
눠
-으니Since
누니
합니다Formal
눕니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 눠요눕니다눠눈다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 눴어요눴습니다눴어눴다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 누겠어요누겠습니다누겠어누겠다
-을 것이다Going to 눌 거예요눌 것입니다눌 거야눌 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 눠요?눕니까?눠?누니?
과거Past 눴어요?눴습니까?눴어?눴니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 누세요누십시오눠눠라
청유Let's 눠요눕시다눠누자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 눠요안 눕니다안 눠안 눈다
-지 않다Not (long) 누지 않아요누지 않습니다누지 않아누지 않는다
못Cannot 못 눠요못 눕니다못 눠못 눈다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 누세요누십니다누셔누신다
과거Past 누셨어요누셨습니다누셨어누셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
누는
과거Past
눈
미래Future
눌
회상Used to
누던

Joining clauses

-고and
누고
-게-ly / so that
누게
-어서so / and then
눠서
-으니까since
누니까
-으면if / when
누면
-지만but
누지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
누는데
-어도even if
눠도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 누고 있어요누고 있습니다누고 있어누고 있다
과거Was doing 누고 있었어요누고 있었습니다누고 있었어누고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

지금은 오줌 누러 가

Right now, I'm gonna take a piss.

거기는 오줌 누는 데잖아

But that's where she pees.

오줌 누는 데라고 말할 수도 있겠지

But generally speaking, yes, that is where she pees.

아마존에선 절대 오줌 누면 안 되겠네요

Remind me never to pee in the Amazon.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 누다 in Korean?

누다 (to excrete) is 눠요 in the polite 해요체, 눕니다 in formal 합니다체, 눠 in casual 반말 and 눈다 in the plain written style. The past is 눴어요.

What is the past tense of 누다?

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

Is 누다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 눕니다, 눠, 누니 all keep 누 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 누다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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