씹다

to chew

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
씹는
아/어Infinitive
씹어
-으니Since
씹으니
합니다Formal
씹습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 씹어요씹습니다씹어씹는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 씹었어요씹었습니다씹었어씹었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 씹겠어요씹겠습니다씹겠어씹겠다
-을 것이다Going to 씹을 거예요씹을 것입니다씹을 거야씹을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 씹어요?씹습니까?씹어?씹니?
과거Past 씹었어요?씹었습니까?씹었어?씹었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 씹으세요씹으십시오씹어씹어라
청유Let's 씹어요씹읍시다씹어씹자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 씹어요안 씹습니다안 씹어안 씹는다
-지 않다Not (long) 씹지 않아요씹지 않습니다씹지 않아씹지 않는다
못Cannot 못 씹어요못 씹습니다못 씹어못 씹는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 씹으세요씹으십니다씹으셔씹으신다
과거Past 씹으셨어요씹으셨습니다씹으셨어씹으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
씹는
과거Past
씹은
미래Future
씹을
회상Used to
씹던

Joining clauses

-고and
씹고
-게-ly / so that
씹게
-어서so / and then
씹어서
-으니까since
씹으니까
-으면if / when
씹으면
-지만but
씹지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
씹는데
-어도even if
씹어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 씹고 있어요씹고 있습니다씹고 있어씹고 있다
과거Was doing 씹고 있었어요씹고 있었습니다씹고 있었어씹고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이가 없는 노인은 씹을 수 없다.

An old person without teeth cannot chew.

무언가를 씹는 데 어려움이 있다.

I have difficulty chewing.

씹는 입틀은 가장 흔합니다

The chewing mouthpart is the most common.

내 얘길 씹고 나가네

And he's walking out of the room.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 씹다 in Korean?

씹다 (to chew) is 씹어요 in the polite 해요체, 씹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 씹어 in casual 반말 and 씹는다 in the plain written style. The past is 씹었어요.

What is the past tense of 씹다?

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

Is 씹다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 씹습니다, 씹어, 씹으니 all keep 씹 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 씹다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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