빠르다

to be fast, quick

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
빠른
아/어Infinitive
빨라
-으니Since
빠르니
합니다Formal
빠릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빨라요빠릅니다빨라빠르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빨랐어요빨랐습니다빨랐어빨랐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빠르겠어요빠르겠습니다빠르겠어빠르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빠를 거예요빠를 것입니다빠를 거야빠를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빨라요?빠릅니까?빨라?빠르니?
과거Past 빨랐어요?빨랐습니까?빨랐어?빨랐니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빨라요안 빠릅니다안 빨라안 빠르다
-지 않다Not (long) 빠르지 않아요빠르지 않습니다빠르지 않아빠르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빠르세요빠르십니다빠르셔빠르시다
과거Past 빠르셨어요빠르셨습니다빠르셨어빠르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
빠른
과거Past
빠른
미래Future
빠를
회상Used to
빠르던

Joining clauses

-고and
빠르고
-게-ly / so that
빠르게
-어서so / and then
빨라서
-으니까since
빠르니까
-으면if / when
빠르면
-지만but
빠르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
빠른데
-어도even if
빨라도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

시간이 빠르지 않아요?

Time flies, doesn't it?

아이: 더 빠르게! 더 빠르게!

Student: Acceleration! Acceleration!

가장 빠른 두사람은 어디 있을까요?

Where are the two fastest? On the US team.

여기 빨란원 위에 서있으면 다 보인다고요.

I'm on this big red circle. I can see.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 빠르다 in Korean?

빠르다 (to be fast, quick) is 빨라요 in the polite 해요체, 빠릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 빨라 in casual 반말 and 빠르다 in the plain written style. The past is 빨랐어요.

What is the past tense of 빠르다?

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

Is 빠르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 빨라 and 빠르니 but unchanged in 빠릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 빠르다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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