뚫다

to pierce a hole through

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뚫는
아/어Infinitive
뚫어
-으니Since
뚫으니
합니다Formal
뚫습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뚫어요뚫습니다뚫어뚫는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뚫었어요뚫었습니다뚫었어뚫었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뚫겠어요뚫겠습니다뚫겠어뚫겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뚫을 거예요뚫을 것입니다뚫을 거야뚫을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뚫어요?뚫습니까?뚫어?뚫니?
과거Past 뚫었어요?뚫었습니까?뚫었어?뚫었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뚫으세요뚫으십시오뚫어뚫어라
청유Let's 뚫어요뚫읍시다뚫어뚫자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뚫어요안 뚫습니다안 뚫어안 뚫는다
-지 않다Not (long) 뚫지 않아요뚫지 않습니다뚫지 않아뚫지 않는다
못Cannot 못 뚫어요못 뚫습니다못 뚫어못 뚫는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뚫으세요뚫으십니다뚫으셔뚫으신다
과거Past 뚫으셨어요뚫으셨습니다뚫으셨어뚫으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뚫는
과거Past
뚫은
미래Future
뚫을
회상Used to
뚫던

Joining clauses

-고and
뚫고
-게-ly / so that
뚫게
-어서so / and then
뚫어서
-으니까since
뚫으니까
-으면if / when
뚫으면
-지만but
뚫지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뚫는데
-어도even if
뚫어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뚫고 있어요뚫고 있습니다뚫고 있어뚫고 있다
과거Was doing 뚫고 있었어요뚫고 있었습니다뚫고 있었어뚫고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

종이에 구멍을 뚫었다.

I pierced a hole through the paper.

자연은 여기에다가 구멍을 뚫어요.

What nature does is it drills holes in things.

그리고 이곳에, 벽이 정확히 식탁을 뚫습니다.

And here, the wall cuts directly through the kitchen table.

진실은 의료적인 구멍뚫기는 어디에나 있다는 점입니다.

So the truth is in medicine puncture is everywhere.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뚫다 in Korean?

뚫다 (to pierce a hole through) is 뚫어요 in the polite 해요체, 뚫습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뚫어 in casual 반말 and 뚫는다 in the plain written style. The past is 뚫었어요.

What is the past tense of 뚫다?

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

Is 뚫다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뚫습니다, 뚫어, 뚫으니 all keep 뚫 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뚫다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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