뿌리다

to sprinkle, to scatter

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뿌리는
아/어Infinitive
뿌려
-으니Since
뿌리니
합니다Formal
뿌립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뿌려요뿌립니다뿌려뿌린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뿌렸어요뿌렸습니다뿌렸어뿌렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뿌리겠어요뿌리겠습니다뿌리겠어뿌리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뿌릴 거예요뿌릴 것입니다뿌릴 거야뿌릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뿌려요?뿌립니까?뿌려?뿌리니?
과거Past 뿌렸어요?뿌렸습니까?뿌렸어?뿌렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뿌리세요뿌리십시오뿌려뿌려라
청유Let's 뿌려요뿌립시다뿌려뿌리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뿌려요안 뿌립니다안 뿌려안 뿌린다
-지 않다Not (long) 뿌리지 않아요뿌리지 않습니다뿌리지 않아뿌리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 뿌려요못 뿌립니다못 뿌려못 뿌린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뿌리세요뿌리십니다뿌리셔뿌리신다
과거Past 뿌리셨어요뿌리셨습니다뿌리셨어뿌리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뿌리는
과거Past
뿌린
미래Future
뿌릴
회상Used to
뿌리던

Joining clauses

-고and
뿌리고
-게-ly / so that
뿌리게
-어서so / and then
뿌려서
-으니까since
뿌리니까
-으면if / when
뿌리면
-지만but
뿌리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뿌리는데
-어도even if
뿌려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뿌리고 있어요뿌리고 있습니다뿌리고 있어뿌리고 있다
과거Was doing 뿌리고 있었어요뿌리고 있었습니다뿌리고 있었어뿌리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

입안 전체에 커피를 뿌려주는 거죠.

This is because you want to spray the coffee all over your mouth.

브루노: 주변에 빛을 뿌려서 사진을 얻는 것이군요.

You spray the environment with light and that's what you get.

그건 왜 뿌리는 거야?

Why do you keep spraying it?

두 번 뿌리면 완전히 정신을 잃을 거야

TWO SPRAYS AND HE'LL BE OUT LIKE A LIGHT.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뿌리다 in Korean?

뿌리다 (to sprinkle, to scatter) is 뿌려요 in the polite 해요체, 뿌립니다 in formal 합니다체, 뿌려 in casual 반말 and 뿌린다 in the plain written style. The past is 뿌렸어요.

What is the past tense of 뿌리다?

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

Is 뿌리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뿌립니다, 뿌려, 뿌리니 all keep 뿌리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뿌리다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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