쐬다 Korean verb conjugation

to expose oneself to (air, sun)

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 쐬다 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
쐬는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
쐬니
합니다Formal
쐽니다

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 쐐요쐽니다쐰다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쐤어요쐤습니다쐤어쐤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쐬겠어요쐬겠습니다쐬겠어쐬겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쐴 거예요쐴 것입니다쐴 거야쐴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쐐요?쐽니까?쐐?쐬니?
과거Past 쐤어요?쐤습니까?쐤어?쐤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쐬세요쐬십시오쐐라
청유Let's 쐐요쐽시다쐬자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 쐐요안 쐽니다안 쐐안 쐰다
-지 않다Not (long) 쐬지 않아요쐬지 않습니다쐬지 않아쐬지 않는다
Cannot 못 쐐요못 쐽니다못 쐐못 쐰다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쐬세요쐬십니다쐬셔쐬신다
과거Past 쐬셨어요쐬셨습니다쐬셨어쐬셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
쐬는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
쐬던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
쐬고
-게-ly / so that
쐬게
-어서so / and then
쐐서
-으니까since
쐬니까
-으면if / when
쐬면
-지만but
쐬지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쐬는데
-어도even if
쐐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쐬고 있어요쐬고 있습니다쐬고 있어쐬고 있다
과거Was doing 쐬고 있었어요쐬고 있었습니다쐬고 있었어쐬고 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.

햇빛을 쐴 때 피부의 반응으로 나타나죠.

This comes down to the skin's response as sunlight strikes it.

바깥 공기 좀 쐬고 싶어요

I need to get out.

자기도 바람 쐬고 싶었어?

Did you need to take a little breather, too?

잠시 바람 좀 쐬려는 거예요

Oh, okay. We're just headed out to get some fresh air.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쐬다 in Korean?

쐬다 (to expose oneself to (air, sun)) is 쐐요 in the polite 해요체, 쐽니다 in formal 합니다체, 쐐 in casual 반말 and 쐰다 in the plain written style. The past is 쐤어요.

What is the past tense of 쐬다?

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

Is 쐬다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쐽니다, 쐐, 쐬니 all keep 쐬 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쐬다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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