여쭈다

to ask or speak to an elder

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
여쭈는
아/어Infinitive
여쭤
-으니Since
여쭈니
합니다Formal
여쭙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여쭤요여쭙니다여쭤여쭌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여쭸어요여쭸습니다여쭸어여쭸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 여쭈겠어요여쭈겠습니다여쭈겠어여쭈겠다
-을 것이다Going to 여쭐 거예요여쭐 것입니다여쭐 거야여쭐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여쭤요?여쭙니까?여쭤?여쭈니?
과거Past 여쭸어요?여쭸습니까?여쭸어?여쭸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 여쭈세요여쭈십시오여쭤여쭤라
청유Let's 여쭤요여쭙시다여쭤여쭈자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 여쭤요안 여쭙니다안 여쭤안 여쭌다
-지 않다Not (long) 여쭈지 않아요여쭈지 않습니다여쭈지 않아여쭈지 않는다
못Cannot 못 여쭤요못 여쭙니다못 여쭤못 여쭌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여쭈세요여쭈십니다여쭈셔여쭈신다
과거Past 여쭈셨어요여쭈셨습니다여쭈셨어여쭈셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
여쭈는
과거Past
여쭌
미래Future
여쭐
회상Used to
여쭈던

Joining clauses

-고and
여쭈고
-게-ly / so that
여쭈게
-어서so / and then
여쭤서
-으니까since
여쭈니까
-으면if / when
여쭈면
-지만but
여쭈지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
여쭈는데
-어도even if
여쭤도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 여쭈고 있어요여쭈고 있습니다여쭈고 있어여쭈고 있다
과거Was doing 여쭈고 있었어요여쭈고 있었습니다여쭈고 있었어여쭈고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여쭤봐도 될까요?

Can I ask you something?

이제 여러분께 여쭤봅니다.

Now I've asked you.

론스쿠 부인, 여쭐 것이 있습니다.

Mrs. Ionescu, I'd like to ask you something.

짧은 몇 가지만 여쭤 보겠습니다.

I just want to ask you a couple quick questions.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 여쭈다 in Korean?

여쭈다 (to ask or speak to an elder) is 여쭤요 in the polite 해요체, 여쭙니다 in formal 합니다체, 여쭤 in casual 반말 and 여쭌다 in the plain written style. The past is 여쭸어요.

What is the past tense of 여쭈다?

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

Is 여쭈다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 여쭙니다, 여쭤, 여쭈니 all keep 여쭈 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 여쭈다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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