떨치다

to shake off

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
떨치는
아/어Infinitive
떨쳐
-으니Since
떨치니
합니다Formal
떨칩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떨쳐요떨칩니다떨쳐떨친다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떨쳤어요떨쳤습니다떨쳤어떨쳤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떨치겠어요떨치겠습니다떨치겠어떨치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떨칠 거예요떨칠 것입니다떨칠 거야떨칠 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떨쳐요?떨칩니까?떨쳐?떨치니?
과거Past 떨쳤어요?떨쳤습니까?떨쳤어?떨쳤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떨치세요떨치십시오떨쳐떨쳐라
청유Let's 떨쳐요떨칩시다떨쳐떨치자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 떨쳐요안 떨칩니다안 떨쳐안 떨친다
-지 않다Not (long) 떨치지 않아요떨치지 않습니다떨치지 않아떨치지 않는다
못Cannot 못 떨쳐요못 떨칩니다못 떨쳐못 떨친다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떨치세요떨치십니다떨치셔떨치신다
과거Past 떨치셨어요떨치셨습니다떨치셨어떨치셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
떨치는
과거Past
떨친
미래Future
떨칠
회상Used to
떨치던

Joining clauses

-고and
떨치고
-게-ly / so that
떨치게
-어서so / and then
떨쳐서
-으니까since
떨치니까
-으면if / when
떨치면
-지만but
떨치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떨치는데
-어도even if
떨쳐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떨치고 있어요떨치고 있습니다떨치고 있어떨치고 있다
과거Was doing 떨치고 있었어요떨치고 있었습니다떨치고 있었어떨치고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그러나 5개월이 흘러도, 캐시는 리치에 대한 생각을 떨칠 수 없었습니다.

But five months after the breakup, Kathy still couldn't stop thinking about Rich.

그래서 이를 그냥 떨쳐 버릴 수 없지요.

So you can't just shake it off.

걱정스럽다면 떨치고 일어나 목소리를 내야 합니다.

If we care, we have to stand up and speak out.

저희는 자유로워 지기 위해 과거를 떨쳐내야 합니다.

We have to let go of our past in order to be free.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 떨치다 in Korean?

떨치다 (to shake off) is 떨쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 떨칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 떨쳐 in casual 반말 and 떨친다 in the plain written style. The past is 떨쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 떨치다?

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

Is 떨치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 떨칩니다, 떨쳐, 떨치니 all keep 떨치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 떨치다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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