푸르다

to be blue

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
푸른
아/어Infinitive
푸르러
-으니Since
푸르니
합니다Formal
푸릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 푸르러요푸릅니다푸르러푸르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 푸르렀어요푸르렀습니다푸르렀어푸르렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 푸르겠어요푸르겠습니다푸르겠어푸르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 푸를 거예요푸를 것입니다푸를 거야푸를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 푸르러요?푸릅니까?푸르러?푸르니?
과거Past 푸르렀어요?푸르렀습니까?푸르렀어?푸르렀니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 푸르러요안 푸릅니다안 푸르러안 푸르다
-지 않다Not (long) 푸르지 않아요푸르지 않습니다푸르지 않아푸르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 푸르세요푸르십니다푸르셔푸르시다
과거Past 푸르셨어요푸르셨습니다푸르셨어푸르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
푸른
과거Past
푸른
미래Future
푸를
회상Used to
푸르던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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