쏘다 Korean verb conjugation

to shoot, to fire

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 쏘다 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
쏘는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
쏘니
합니다Formal
쏩니다

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 쏴요쏩니다쏜다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쐈어요쐈습니다쐈어쐈다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쏘겠어요쏘겠습니다쏘겠어쏘겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쏠 거예요쏠 것입니다쏠 거야쏠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쏴요?쏩니까?쏴?쏘니?
과거Past 쐈어요?쐈습니까?쐈어?쐈니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쏘세요쏘십시오쏴라
청유Let's 쏴요쏩시다쏘자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 쏴요안 쏩니다안 쏴안 쏜다
-지 않다Not (long) 쏘지 않아요쏘지 않습니다쏘지 않아쏘지 않는다
Cannot 못 쏴요못 쏩니다못 쏴못 쏜다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쏘세요쏘십니다쏘셔쏘신다
과거Past 쏘셨어요쏘셨습니다쏘셨어쏘셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
쏘는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
쏘던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
쏘고
-게-ly / so that
쏘게
-어서so / and then
쏴서
-으니까since
쏘니까
-으면if / when
쏘면
-지만but
쏘지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쏘는데
-어도even if
쏴도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쏘고 있어요쏘고 있습니다쏘고 있어쏘고 있다
과거Was doing 쏘고 있었어요쏘고 있었습니다쏘고 있었어쏘고 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.

톰은 오늘 아침에 스스로를 쐈다.

Tom shot himself this morning.

제가 경찰을 쏴 죽였거든요.

I SHOT THE SHERIFF."

여러분 중 일부는 아직 쏘지도 않았네요.

Some of you haven’t fired them yet.

난 그 인간을 쏠 거야.

I'm going to shoot that guy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쏘다 in Korean?

쏘다 (to shoot, to fire) is 쏴요 in the polite 해요체, 쏩니다 in formal 합니다체, 쏴 in casual 반말 and 쏜다 in the plain written style. The past is 쐈어요.

What is the past tense of 쏘다?

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

Is 쏘다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쏩니다, 쏴, 쏘니 all keep 쏘 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쏘다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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