푸르다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be blue
Every form of 푸르다 across the four speech levels. It is 러 irregular — The ending takes 러 instead of 어: 이르다 → 이르러.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 푸른
- 아/어Infinitive
- 푸르러
- -으니Since
- 푸르니
- 합니다Formal
- 푸릅니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 푸르러요 | 푸릅니다 | 푸르러 | 푸르다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 푸르렀어요 | 푸르렀습니다 | 푸르렀어 | 푸르렀다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 푸르겠어요 | 푸르겠습니다 | 푸르겠어 | 푸르겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 푸를 거예요 | 푸를 것입니다 | 푸를 거야 | 푸를 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 푸르러요? | 푸릅니까? | 푸르러? | 푸르니? |
| 과거Past | 푸르렀어요? | 푸르렀습니까? | 푸르렀어? | 푸르렀니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 푸르러요 | 안 푸릅니다 | 안 푸르러 | 안 푸르다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 푸르지 않아요 | 푸르지 않습니다 | 푸르지 않아 | 푸르지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 푸르세요 | 푸르십니다 | 푸르셔 | 푸르시다 |
| 과거Past | 푸르셨어요 | 푸르셨습니다 | 푸르셨어 | 푸르셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 푸른
- 과거Past
- 푸른
- 미래Future
- 푸를
- 회상Used to
- 푸르던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 푸르고
- -게-ly / so that
- 푸르게
- -어서so / and then
- 푸르러서
- -으니까since
- 푸르니까
- -으면if / when
- 푸르면
- -지만but
- 푸르지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 푸른데
- -어도even if
- 푸르러도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 푸르다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
지구는 푸르고 제가 할 수 있는 게 없네요.
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
근데 여긴 너무 푸르지 않아?
But it's very green hereabouts, isn't it?
이 사진 속 푸른 점을 보십시오.
And look at this image of the tiny, blue dot.
바다의 빛이 푸르다.
The color of the sea is blue.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 푸르다 in Korean?
푸르다 (to be blue) is 푸르러요 in the polite 해요체, 푸릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 푸르러 in casual 반말 and 푸르다 in the plain written style. The past is 푸르렀어요.
What is the past tense of 푸르다?
푸르렀어요 in everyday polite speech, 푸르렀습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 푸르러 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 푸르다 irregular?
Yes — it is 러 irregular (러 불규칙). The ending takes 러 instead of 어: 이르다 → 이르러. That is why the stem looks different in 푸르러 and 푸르니 but unchanged in 푸릅니다.
What TOPIK level is 푸르다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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