떠받치다 Korean verb conjugation

to give support to an idea

Every form of 떠받치다 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
떠받치는
아/어Infinitive
떠받쳐
-으니Since
떠받치니
합니다Formal
떠받칩니다

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 떠받쳐요떠받칩니다떠받쳐떠받친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠받쳤어요떠받쳤습니다떠받쳤어떠받쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떠받치겠어요떠받치겠습니다떠받치겠어떠받치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떠받칠 거예요떠받칠 것입니다떠받칠 거야떠받칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠받쳐요?떠받칩니까?떠받쳐?떠받치니?
과거Past 떠받쳤어요?떠받쳤습니까?떠받쳤어?떠받쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떠받치세요떠받치십시오떠받쳐떠받쳐라
청유Let's 떠받쳐요떠받칩시다떠받쳐떠받치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 떠받쳐요안 떠받칩니다안 떠받쳐안 떠받친다
-지 않다Not (long) 떠받치지 않아요떠받치지 않습니다떠받치지 않아떠받치지 않는다
Cannot 못 떠받쳐요못 떠받칩니다못 떠받쳐못 떠받친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠받치세요떠받치십니다떠받치셔떠받치신다
과거Past 떠받치셨어요떠받치셨습니다떠받치셨어떠받치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
떠받치는
과거Past
떠받친
미래Future
떠받칠
회상Used to
떠받치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
떠받치고
-게-ly / so that
떠받치게
-어서so / and then
떠받쳐서
-으니까since
떠받치니까
-으면if / when
떠받치면
-지만but
떠받치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떠받치는데
-어도even if
떠받쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떠받치고 있어요떠받치고 있습니다떠받치고 있어떠받치고 있다
과거Was doing 떠받치고 있었어요떠받치고 있었습니다떠받치고 있었어떠받치고 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.

그는 정원에서 하늘을 떠받치고 있는 타이탄인 아틀라스를 만났습니다.

Once there, the hero found the titan Atlas holding up the heavens.

어부들에게 기쁜 일입니다. 돈을 많이 벌고, 지역 경제를 떠받치죠.

Great for fishermen. Lots of money. Supporting local economies.

물론 건물이 자신의 무게를 버틴다 하더라도 땅이 건물을 떠받칠 수 있어야 하죠.

Of course, even if a building supports itself, it still needs support from the ground.

저희는 얼음을 떠받치고 있는 언덕과 계곡, 산 그리고 침강지역을 레이다 이미지로 관찰해 봤습니다

We used radar to image the hills, valleys, mountains and depressions that the ice flows over.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 떠받치다 in Korean?

떠받치다 (to give support to an idea) is 떠받쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 떠받칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 떠받쳐 in casual 반말 and 떠받친다 in the plain written style. The past is 떠받쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 떠받치다?

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

Is 떠받치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 떠받칩니다, 떠받쳐, 떠받치니 all keep 떠받치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 떠받치다?

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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