쓰다

to wear (on one's head)

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쓰는
아/어Infinitive
써
-으니Since
쓰니
합니다Formal
씁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 써요씁니다써쓴다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 썼어요썼습니다썼어썼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쓰겠어요쓰겠습니다쓰겠어쓰겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쓸 거예요쓸 것입니다쓸 거야쓸 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 써요?씁니까?써?쓰니?
과거Past 썼어요?썼습니까?썼어?썼니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쓰세요쓰십시오써써라
청유Let's 써요씁시다써쓰자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 써요안 씁니다안 써안 쓴다
-지 않다Not (long) 쓰지 않아요쓰지 않습니다쓰지 않아쓰지 않는다
못Cannot 못 써요못 씁니다못 써못 쓴다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쓰세요쓰십니다쓰셔쓰신다
과거Past 쓰셨어요쓰셨습니다쓰셨어쓰셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쓰는
과거Past
쓴
미래Future
쓸
회상Used to
쓰던

Joining clauses

-고and
쓰고
-게-ly / so that
쓰게
-어서so / and then
써서
-으니까since
쓰니까
-으면if / when
쓰면
-지만but
쓰지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쓰는데
-어도even if
써도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쓰고 있어요쓰고 있습니다쓰고 있어쓰고 있다
과거Was doing 쓰고 있었어요쓰고 있었습니다쓰고 있었어쓰고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이런 거에 시간 쓰고 싶지는 않아.

I don't want to spend my time on something like this.

돈을 너무 많이 쓰는 것 같지 않아?

Don't you think you are spending a bit too much money?

뭐에 대해 쓰고있어?

What are you writing about?

전화 좀 써도 되겠습니까?

Can I make a phone call?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쓰다 in Korean?

쓰다 (to wear (on one's head)) is 써요 in the polite 해요체, 씁니다 in formal 합니다체, 써 in casual 반말 and 쓴다 in the plain written style. The past is 썼어요.

What is the past tense of 쓰다?

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

Is 쓰다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 써 and 쓰니 but unchanged in 씁니다.

What TOPIK level is 쓰다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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