빠지다

to fall into (water), to sink

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
빠지는
아/어Infinitive
빠져
-으니Since
빠지니
합니다Formal
빠집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빠져요빠집니다빠져빠진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빠졌어요빠졌습니다빠졌어빠졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빠지겠어요빠지겠습니다빠지겠어빠지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빠질 거예요빠질 것입니다빠질 거야빠질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빠져요?빠집니까?빠져?빠지니?
과거Past 빠졌어요?빠졌습니까?빠졌어?빠졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 빠지세요빠지십시오빠져빠져라
청유Let's 빠져요빠집시다빠져빠지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빠져요안 빠집니다안 빠져안 빠진다
-지 않다Not (long) 빠지지 않아요빠지지 않습니다빠지지 않아빠지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 빠져요못 빠집니다못 빠져못 빠진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빠지세요빠지십니다빠지셔빠지신다
과거Past 빠지셨어요빠지셨습니다빠지셨어빠지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
빠지는
과거Past
빠진
미래Future
빠질
회상Used to
빠지던

Joining clauses

-고and
빠지고
-게-ly / so that
빠지게
-어서so / and then
빠져서
-으니까since
빠지니까
-으면if / when
빠지면
-지만but
빠지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
빠지는데
-어도even if
빠져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 빠지고 있어요빠지고 있습니다빠지고 있어빠지고 있다
과거Was doing 빠지고 있었어요빠지고 있었습니다빠지고 있었어빠지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

결국 밖으로 빠져나왔죠.

We made it outside.

지금 다른 말로 빠진 것 같은데

So I think I've lost my way.

길이 끝나면서 예루살렘을 빠져 나왔습니다.

The road dropped and I exited Jerusalem.

저는 그 얘기에 빠져들어서 그녀를 위해 시를 썼습니다.

Well, I was so taken by this story, I wrote this piece for her.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 빠지다 in Korean?

빠지다 (to fall into (water), to sink) is 빠져요 in the polite 해요체, 빠집니다 in formal 합니다체, 빠져 in casual 반말 and 빠진다 in the plain written style. The past is 빠졌어요.

What is the past tense of 빠지다?

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

Is 빠지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 빠집니다, 빠져, 빠지니 all keep 빠지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 빠지다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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