쌓다

to pile up, to stack

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쌓는
아/어Infinitive
쌓아
-으니Since
쌓으니
합니다Formal
쌓습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쌓아요쌓습니다쌓아쌓는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쌓았어요쌓았습니다쌓았어쌓았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쌓겠어요쌓겠습니다쌓겠어쌓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쌓을 거예요쌓을 것입니다쌓을 거야쌓을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쌓아요?쌓습니까?쌓아?쌓니?
과거Past 쌓았어요?쌓았습니까?쌓았어?쌓았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쌓으세요쌓으십시오쌓아쌓아라
청유Let's 쌓아요쌓읍시다쌓아쌓자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쌓아요안 쌓습니다안 쌓아안 쌓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 쌓지 않아요쌓지 않습니다쌓지 않아쌓지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쌓아요못 쌓습니다못 쌓아못 쌓는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쌓으세요쌓으십니다쌓으셔쌓으신다
과거Past 쌓으셨어요쌓으셨습니다쌓으셨어쌓으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쌓는
과거Past
쌓은
미래Future
쌓을
회상Used to
쌓던

Joining clauses

-고and
쌓고
-게-ly / so that
쌓게
-어서so / and then
쌓아서
-으니까since
쌓으니까
-으면if / when
쌓으면
-지만but
쌓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쌓는데
-어도even if
쌓아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쌓고 있어요쌓고 있습니다쌓고 있어쌓고 있다
과거Was doing 쌓고 있었어요쌓고 있었습니다쌓고 있었어쌓고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

알다시피, 난 경험도 쌓았고, 이 세상에 있는데,

I've got this experience, I'm in the world.

당신이 만났던 이 사람과 좋은 경험을 쌓았습니까?

Did you have a good experience with this person that you met?

다른 사람이 주는 것이지 여러분이 쌓을 수는 없는거죠.

You can't rebuild what other people give you.

10년 넘게 수많은 관계를 쌓아왔습니다.

I have built up many relationships over 10 years.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쌓다 in Korean?

쌓다 (to pile up, to stack) is 쌓아요 in the polite 해요체, 쌓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 쌓아 in casual 반말 and 쌓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 쌓았어요.

What is the past tense of 쌓다?

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

Is 쌓다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쌓습니다, 쌓아, 쌓으니 all keep 쌓 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쌓다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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