씌우다 Korean verb conjugation

to cover

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 씌우다 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
씌우는
아/어Infinitive
씌워
-으니Since
씌우니
합니다Formal
씌웁니다

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 씌워요씌웁니다씌워씌운다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 씌웠어요씌웠습니다씌웠어씌웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 씌우겠어요씌우겠습니다씌우겠어씌우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 씌울 거예요씌울 것입니다씌울 거야씌울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 씌워요?씌웁니까?씌워?씌우니?
과거Past 씌웠어요?씌웠습니까?씌웠어?씌웠니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 씌우세요씌우십시오씌워씌워라
청유Let's 씌워요씌웁시다씌워씌우자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 씌워요안 씌웁니다안 씌워안 씌운다
-지 않다Not (long) 씌우지 않아요씌우지 않습니다씌우지 않아씌우지 않는다
Cannot 못 씌워요못 씌웁니다못 씌워못 씌운다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 씌우세요씌우십니다씌우셔씌우신다
과거Past 씌우셨어요씌우셨습니다씌우셨어씌우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
씌우는
과거Past
씌운
미래Future
씌울
회상Used to
씌우던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
씌우고
-게-ly / so that
씌우게
-어서so / and then
씌워서
-으니까since
씌우니까
-으면if / when
씌우면
-지만but
씌우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
씌우는데
-어도even if
씌워도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 씌우고 있어요씌우고 있습니다씌우고 있어씌우고 있다
과거Was doing 씌우고 있었어요씌우고 있었습니다씌우고 있었어씌우고 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.

빨리 내 머리에 씌워!

Put it on my head!

오! - 나한테 뒤집어 씌우려고!

You blame me for everything!

나쁜 일은 다 걔한테 뒤집어 씌운 거죠

I know that they blamed him for anything bad that happened.

출입을 할 때 머리에 뭔가를 씌웠거든요

They had my head covered going in and out.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 씌우다 in Korean?

씌우다 (to cover) is 씌워요 in the polite 해요체, 씌웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 씌워 in casual 반말 and 씌운다 in the plain written style. The past is 씌웠어요.

What is the past tense of 씌우다?

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

Is 씌우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 씌웁니다, 씌워, 씌우니 all keep 씌우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 씌우다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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