뜨다

to float, to stay afloat (on water)

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뜨는
아/어Infinitive
떠
-으니Since
뜨니
합니다Formal
뜹니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠요뜹니다떠뜬다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떴어요떴습니다떴어떴다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜨겠어요뜨겠습니다뜨겠어뜨겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜰 거예요뜰 것입니다뜰 거야뜰 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠요?뜹니까?떠?뜨니?
과거Past 떴어요?떴습니까?떴어?떴니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뜨세요뜨십시오떠떠라
청유Let's 떠요뜹시다떠뜨자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 떠요안 뜹니다안 떠안 뜬다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜨지 않아요뜨지 않습니다뜨지 않아뜨지 않는다
못Cannot 못 떠요못 뜹니다못 떠못 뜬다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜨세요뜨십니다뜨셔뜨신다
과거Past 뜨셨어요뜨셨습니다뜨셨어뜨셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜨는
과거Past
뜬
미래Future
뜰
회상Used to
뜨던

Joining clauses

-고and
뜨고
-게-ly / so that
뜨게
-어서so / and then
떠서
-으니까since
뜨니까
-으면if / when
뜨면
-지만but
뜨지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜨는데
-어도even if
떠도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뜨고 있어요뜨고 있습니다뜨고 있어뜨고 있다
과거Was doing 뜨고 있었어요뜨고 있었습니다뜨고 있었어뜨고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

하늘에 떠 있는 별들

The stars in the sky

곧 비행기가 뜬다.

The plane will take off soon.

이 물질은 물에 뜰 정도로 가벼워.

The material is light enough to float in water.

그녀는 눈을 뜨고 있으려고 애썼어.

She struggled to keep her eyes open.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜨다 in Korean?

뜨다 (to float, to stay afloat (on water)) is 떠요 in the polite 해요체, 뜹니다 in formal 합니다체, 떠 in casual 반말 and 뜬다 in the plain written style. The past is 떴어요.

What is the past tense of 뜨다?

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

Is 뜨다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 떠 and 뜨니 but unchanged in 뜹니다.

What TOPIK level is 뜨다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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