싸우다

to fight, to quarrel

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
싸우는
아/어Infinitive
싸워
-으니Since
싸우니
합니다Formal
싸웁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 싸워요싸웁니다싸워싸운다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 싸웠어요싸웠습니다싸웠어싸웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 싸우겠어요싸우겠습니다싸우겠어싸우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 싸울 거예요싸울 것입니다싸울 거야싸울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싸워요?싸웁니까?싸워?싸우니?
과거Past 싸웠어요?싸웠습니까?싸웠어?싸웠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 싸우세요싸우십시오싸워싸워라
청유Let's 싸워요싸웁시다싸워싸우자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 싸워요안 싸웁니다안 싸워안 싸운다
-지 않다Not (long) 싸우지 않아요싸우지 않습니다싸우지 않아싸우지 않는다
못Cannot 못 싸워요못 싸웁니다못 싸워못 싸운다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싸우세요싸우십니다싸우셔싸우신다
과거Past 싸우셨어요싸우셨습니다싸우셨어싸우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
싸우는
과거Past
싸운
미래Future
싸울
회상Used to
싸우던

Joining clauses

-고and
싸우고
-게-ly / so that
싸우게
-어서so / and then
싸워서
-으니까since
싸우니까
-으면if / when
싸우면
-지만but
싸우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
싸우는데
-어도even if
싸워도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 싸우고 있어요싸우고 있습니다싸우고 있어싸우고 있다
과거Was doing 싸우고 있었어요싸우고 있었습니다싸우고 있었어싸우고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

싸우지 말고 하라는 대로 해라.

Don't argue, do as you're told.

이 나라를 위해 그들이 싸웠습니다.

This is the country they fought for.

잭을 위해 싸웠고 잭을 위해 일했습니다.

He fought for him, he worked for him.

우리는 함께 싸웠고, 우리는 함께 살았습니다.

We fought together, we lived together.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 싸우다 in Korean?

싸우다 (to fight, to quarrel) is 싸워요 in the polite 해요체, 싸웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 싸워 in casual 반말 and 싸운다 in the plain written style. The past is 싸웠어요.

What is the past tense of 싸우다?

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

Is 싸우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 싸웁니다, 싸워, 싸우니 all keep 싸우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 싸우다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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