썩이다 Korean verb conjugation

to worry, to trouble

Every form of 썩이다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
썩이는
아/어Infinitive
썩여
-으니Since
썩이니
합니다Formal
썩입니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 썩여요썩입니다썩여썩인다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 썩였어요썩였습니다썩였어썩였다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 썩이겠어요썩이겠습니다썩이겠어썩이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 썩일 거예요썩일 것입니다썩일 거야썩일 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 썩여요?썩입니까?썩여?썩이니?
과거Past 썩였어요?썩였습니까?썩였어?썩였니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 썩이세요썩이십시오썩여썩여라
청유Let's 썩여요썩입시다썩여썩이자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 썩여요안 썩입니다안 썩여안 썩인다
-지 않다Not (long) 썩이지 않아요썩이지 않습니다썩이지 않아썩이지 않는다
Cannot 못 썩여요못 썩입니다못 썩여못 썩인다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 썩이세요썩이십니다썩이셔썩이신다
과거Past 썩이셨어요썩이셨습니다썩이셨어썩이셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
썩이는
과거Past
썩인
미래Future
썩일
회상Used to
썩이던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
썩이고
-게-ly / so that
썩이게
-어서so / and then
썩여서
-으니까since
썩이니까
-으면if / when
썩이면
-지만but
썩이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
썩이는데
-어도even if
썩여도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 썩이고 있어요썩이고 있습니다썩이고 있어썩이고 있다
과거Was doing 썩이고 있었어요썩이고 있었습니다썩이고 있었어썩이고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

어미 속 좀 그만 썩여라.

Don't make mum worry too much.

그러게, 속 썩이네

That's trouble!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 썩이다 in Korean?

썩이다 (to worry, to trouble) is 썩여요 in the polite 해요체, 썩입니다 in formal 합니다체, 썩여 in casual 반말 and 썩인다 in the plain written style. The past is 썩였어요.

What is the past tense of 썩이다?

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

Is 썩이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 썩입니다, 썩여, 썩이니 all keep 썩이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 썩이다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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