뿌리다 Korean verb conjugation

to sprinkle, to scatter

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뿌리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
뿌리는
아/어Infinitive
뿌려
-으니Since
뿌리니
합니다Formal
뿌립니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뿌려요뿌립니다뿌려뿌린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뿌렸어요뿌렸습니다뿌렸어뿌렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

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

의문Questions

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

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뿌리세요뿌리십시오뿌려뿌려라
청유Let's 뿌려요뿌립시다뿌려뿌리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뿌려요안 뿌립니다안 뿌려안 뿌린다
-지 않다Not (long) 뿌리지 않아요뿌리지 않습니다뿌리지 않아뿌리지 않는다
Cannot 못 뿌려요못 뿌립니다못 뿌려못 뿌린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뿌리세요뿌리십니다뿌리셔뿌리신다
과거Past 뿌리셨어요뿌리셨습니다뿌리셨어뿌리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뿌리는
과거Past
뿌린
미래Future
뿌릴
회상Used to
뿌리던

연결Joining 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

진행In progress

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

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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