때다

to light a fire

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
때는
아/어Infinitive
때
-으니Since
때니
합니다Formal
땝니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 때요땝니다때땐다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 땠어요땠습니다땠어땠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 때겠어요때겠습니다때겠어때겠다
-을 것이다Going to 땔 거예요땔 것입니다땔 거야땔 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 때요?땝니까?때?때니?
과거Past 땠어요?땠습니까?땠어?땠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 때세요때십시오때때라
청유Let's 때요땝시다때때자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 때요안 땝니다안 때안 땐다
-지 않다Not (long) 때지 않아요때지 않습니다때지 않아때지 않는다
못Cannot 못 때요못 땝니다못 때못 땐다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 때세요때십니다때셔때신다
과거Past 때셨어요때셨습니다때셨어때셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
때는
과거Past
땐
미래Future
땔
회상Used to
때던

Joining clauses

-고and
때고
-게-ly / so that
때게
-어서so / and then
때서
-으니까since
때니까
-으면if / when
때면
-지만but
때지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
때는데
-어도even if
때도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 때고 있어요때고 있습니다때고 있어때고 있다
과거Was doing 때고 있었어요때고 있었습니다때고 있었어때고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

6시는 큰 바늘이 12에 있고, 작은 바늘이 6에 있을 때야.

Six o'clock is when the big hand is on 12 and the small hand is on 6.

그런데 그 때였어요.

But then it happened.

이건 제가 12살 때입니다.

So this is me when I was 12 years old.

다른 사람을 위할 때입니다.

That's when they advocate for others.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 때다 in Korean?

때다 (to light a fire) is 때요 in the polite 해요체, 땝니다 in formal 합니다체, 때 in casual 반말 and 땐다 in the plain written style. The past is 땠어요.

What is the past tense of 때다?

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

Is 때다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 땝니다, 때, 때니 all keep 때 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 때다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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