탓하다

to blame, to find fault

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
탓하는
아/어Infinitive
탓하
-으니Since
탓하니
합니다Formal
탓합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탓하요탓합니다탓하탓한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탓핬어요탓핬습니다탓핬어탓핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 탓하겠어요탓하겠습니다탓하겠어탓하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탓할 거예요탓할 것입니다탓할 거야탓할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탓하요?탓합니까?탓하?탓하니?
과거Past 탓핬어요?탓핬습니까?탓핬어?탓핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 탓하세요탓하십시오탓하탓하라
청유Let's 탓하요탓합시다탓하탓하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 탓하요안 탓합니다안 탓하안 탓한다
-지 않다Not (long) 탓하지 않아요탓하지 않습니다탓하지 않아탓하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 탓하요못 탓합니다못 탓하못 탓한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탓하세요탓하십니다탓하셔탓하신다
과거Past 탓하셨어요탓하셨습니다탓하셨어탓하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
탓하는
과거Past
탓한
미래Future
탓할
회상Used to
탓하던

Joining clauses

-고and
탓하고
-게-ly / so that
탓하게
-어서so / and then
탓하서
-으니까since
탓하니까
-으면if / when
탓하면
-지만but
탓하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
탓하는데
-어도even if
탓하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 탓하고 있어요탓하고 있습니다탓하고 있어탓하고 있다
과거Was doing 탓하고 있었어요탓하고 있었습니다탓하고 있었어탓하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

젊은 세대는 기성세대를 탓했고

The young accused the old.

절대 그분들을 탓하는 게 아닙니다.

I'm not slagging them off.

물론, 그들만을 탓할 수는 없겠죠.

And to be fair, it's not entirely their fault.

그렇다고 자라고 있는 뇌만 탓할 순 없죠.

So the developing brain alone isn't to blame.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 탓하다 in Korean?

탓하다 (to blame, to find fault) is 탓하요 in the polite 해요체, 탓합니다 in formal 합니다체, 탓하 in casual 반말 and 탓한다 in the plain written style. The past is 탓핬어요.

What is the past tense of 탓하다?

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

Is 탓하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 탓합니다, 탓하, 탓하니 all keep 탓하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 탓하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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