쓸다

to sweep

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쓰는
아/어Infinitive
쓸어
-으니Since
쓰니
합니다Formal
씁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쓸어요씁니다쓸어쓴다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쓸었어요쓸었습니다쓸었어쓸었다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쓸어요?씁니까?쓸어?쓰니?
과거Past 쓸었어요?쓸었습니까?쓸었어?쓸었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쓰세요쓰십시오쓸어쓸어라
청유Let's 쓸어요씁시다쓸어쓸자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쓸어요안 씁니다안 쓸어안 쓴다
-지 않다Not (long) 쓸지 않아요쓸지 않습니다쓸지 않아쓸지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쓸어요못 씁니다못 쓸어못 쓴다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쓰세요쓰십니다쓰셔쓰신다
과거Past 쓰셨어요쓰셨습니다쓰셨어쓰셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쓰는
과거Past
쓴
미래Future
쓸
회상Used to
쓸던

Joining clauses

-고and
쓸고
-게-ly / so that
쓸게
-어서so / and then
쓸어서
-으니까since
쓰니까
-으면if / when
쓸면
-지만but
쓸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쓰는데
-어도even if
쓸어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쓸고 있어요쓸고 있습니다쓸고 있어쓸고 있다
과거Was doing 쓸고 있었어요쓸고 있었습니다쓸고 있었어쓸고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

김 노인은 아침마다 골목을 쓴다.

Mr. Kim sweeps the alley every morning.

건물을 공연을 하는 것처럼 쓸었어요.

So I started sweeping the building as a kind of performance.

마루를 쓸다

to sweep the floor

그냥 우리를 쓸어 담았어

Just wiped us all out.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쓸다 in Korean?

쓸다 (to sweep) is 쓸어요 in the polite 해요체, 씁니다 in formal 합니다체, 쓸어 in casual 반말 and 쓴다 in the plain written style. The past is 쓸었어요.

What is the past tense of 쓸다?

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

Is 쓸다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 쓸어 and 쓰니 but unchanged in 씁니다.

What TOPIK level is 쓸다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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