빼앗다

to take away, steal

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
빼앗는
아/어Infinitive
빼앗아
-으니Since
빼앗으니
합니다Formal
빼앗습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빼앗아요빼앗습니다빼앗아빼앗는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빼앗았어요빼앗았습니다빼앗았어빼앗았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빼앗겠어요빼앗겠습니다빼앗겠어빼앗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빼앗을 거예요빼앗을 것입니다빼앗을 거야빼앗을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빼앗아요?빼앗습니까?빼앗아?빼앗니?
과거Past 빼앗았어요?빼앗았습니까?빼앗았어?빼앗았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 빼앗으세요빼앗으십시오빼앗아빼앗아라
청유Let's 빼앗아요빼앗읍시다빼앗아빼앗자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빼앗아요안 빼앗습니다안 빼앗아안 빼앗는다
-지 않다Not (long) 빼앗지 않아요빼앗지 않습니다빼앗지 않아빼앗지 않는다
못Cannot 못 빼앗아요못 빼앗습니다못 빼앗아못 빼앗는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빼앗으세요빼앗으십니다빼앗으셔빼앗으신다
과거Past 빼앗으셨어요빼앗으셨습니다빼앗으셨어빼앗으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
빼앗는
과거Past
빼앗은
미래Future
빼앗을
회상Used to
빼앗던

Joining clauses

-고and
빼앗고
-게-ly / so that
빼앗게
-어서so / and then
빼앗아서
-으니까since
빼앗으니까
-으면if / when
빼앗으면
-지만but
빼앗지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
빼앗는데
-어도even if
빼앗아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 빼앗고 있어요빼앗고 있습니다빼앗고 있어빼앗고 있다
과거Was doing 빼앗고 있었어요빼앗고 있었습니다빼앗고 있었어빼앗고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

모든 것을 빼앗아 갔습니다.

They had looted everything.

저는 그의 손에서 그것을 빼앗습니다.

I knock it out of his hand.

우리는 그들의 기회와 자유를 빼앗아 왔습니다.

We have curtailed their opportunities and their freedoms.

우리는 아이들에게서 자연을 빼앗고 있어요.

We are stealing nature from our children.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 빼앗다 in Korean?

빼앗다 (to take away, steal) is 빼앗아요 in the polite 해요체, 빼앗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 빼앗아 in casual 반말 and 빼앗는다 in the plain written style. The past is 빼앗았어요.

What is the past tense of 빼앗다?

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

Is 빼앗다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 빼앗습니다, 빼앗아, 빼앗으니 all keep 빼앗 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 빼앗다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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