쌓이다

to be piled up, to be stacked

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쌓이는
아/어Infinitive
쌓여
-으니Since
쌓이니
합니다Formal
쌓입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쌓여요쌓입니다쌓여쌓인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쌓였어요쌓였습니다쌓였어쌓였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쌓이겠어요쌓이겠습니다쌓이겠어쌓이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쌓일 거예요쌓일 것입니다쌓일 거야쌓일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쌓여요?쌓입니까?쌓여?쌓이니?
과거Past 쌓였어요?쌓였습니까?쌓였어?쌓였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쌓이세요쌓이십시오쌓여쌓여라
청유Let's 쌓여요쌓입시다쌓여쌓이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쌓여요안 쌓입니다안 쌓여안 쌓인다
-지 않다Not (long) 쌓이지 않아요쌓이지 않습니다쌓이지 않아쌓이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쌓여요못 쌓입니다못 쌓여못 쌓인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쌓이세요쌓이십니다쌓이셔쌓이신다
과거Past 쌓이셨어요쌓이셨습니다쌓이셨어쌓이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쌓이는
과거Past
쌓인
미래Future
쌓일
회상Used to
쌓이던

Joining clauses

-고and
쌓이고
-게-ly / so that
쌓이게
-어서so / and then
쌓여서
-으니까since
쌓이니까
-으면if / when
쌓이면
-지만but
쌓이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쌓이는데
-어도even if
쌓여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쌓이고 있어요쌓이고 있습니다쌓이고 있어쌓이고 있다
과거Was doing 쌓이고 있었어요쌓이고 있었습니다쌓이고 있었어쌓이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

감정이 쌓여있어서 그렇기도 합니다.

Sometimes it's an accumulation of feelings.

이건 지식 자체가 쌓이는 방식이 바뀌는 겁니다.

It means a change in the way we construct knowledge itself.

먼저 엄청나게 많은 눈이 내리고 쌓입니다.

First, a great deal of snow falls and accumulates.

과학적 사실이 무서운 속도로 쌓이고 있습니다.

So it is true that science piles up at an alarming rate.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쌓이다 in Korean?

쌓이다 (to be piled up, to be stacked) is 쌓여요 in the polite 해요체, 쌓입니다 in formal 합니다체, 쌓여 in casual 반말 and 쌓인다 in the plain written style. The past is 쌓였어요.

What is the past tense of 쌓이다?

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

Is 쌓이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쌓입니다, 쌓여, 쌓이니 all keep 쌓이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쌓이다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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