뜯다 Korean verb conjugation

to tear, pick, pluck

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뜯다 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
뜯는
아/어Infinitive
뜯어
-으니Since
뜯으니
합니다Formal
뜯습니다

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 뜯어요뜯습니다뜯어뜯는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜯었어요뜯었습니다뜯었어뜯었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜯겠어요뜯겠습니다뜯겠어뜯겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜯을 거예요뜯을 것입니다뜯을 거야뜯을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜯어요?뜯습니까?뜯어?뜯니?
과거Past 뜯었어요?뜯었습니까?뜯었어?뜯었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뜯으세요뜯으십시오뜯어뜯어라
청유Let's 뜯어요뜯읍시다뜯어뜯자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뜯어요안 뜯습니다안 뜯어안 뜯는다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜯지 않아요뜯지 않습니다뜯지 않아뜯지 않는다
Cannot 못 뜯어요못 뜯습니다못 뜯어못 뜯는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜯으세요뜯으십니다뜯으셔뜯으신다
과거Past 뜯으셨어요뜯으셨습니다뜯으셨어뜯으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜯는
과거Past
뜯은
미래Future
뜯을
회상Used to
뜯던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뜯고
-게-ly / so that
뜯게
-어서so / and then
뜯어서
-으니까since
뜯으니까
-으면if / when
뜯으면
-지만but
뜯지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜯는데
-어도even if
뜯어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뜯고 있어요뜯고 있습니다뜯고 있어뜯고 있다
과거Was doing 뜯고 있었어요뜯고 있었습니다뜯고 있었어뜯고 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.

그곳의 제도를 뜯어 고쳤습니다.

She's changed the rules.

이 종이는 뜯어서 정부로 보내진다.

This document was delivered to the Government.

이렇게 빨리 건물을 뜯을 줄은 몰랐어요

I didn't think you guys were gonna tear the place apart so soon.

우리끼리 물어 뜯고 싸우길 원하는 거라고.

The feeders want us to turn against each other.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜯다 in Korean?

뜯다 (to tear, pick, pluck) is 뜯어요 in the polite 해요체, 뜯습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뜯어 in casual 반말 and 뜯는다 in the plain written style. The past is 뜯었어요.

What is the past tense of 뜯다?

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

Is 뜯다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뜯습니다, 뜯어, 뜯으니 all keep 뜯 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뜯다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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