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KOREAN VERB

채우다

to fill

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Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI fill
NegativeI don’t fill

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI filled
NegativeI didn’t fill

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will fill
NegativeI won’t fill

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI fill (respectfully)
PastI filled (respectfully)
FutureI will fill (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) filling, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) filling, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I fill
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I fill
  5. But (-지만) I fill, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please fill
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please fill (formal)
  3. Plain command fill! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t fill

How to use 채우다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 아침마다 물병을 채워요.

    I fill my water bottle every morning.

  2. Past

    냉장고를 과일로 가득 채웠어요.

    I filled the fridge full of fruit.

  3. Future

    가는 길에 기름을 채울 거예요.

    I'll fill up on petrol on the way.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 항아리에 김치를 채우셨어요.

    Grandma filled the jar with kimchi.

  5. Connectives

    컵을 채우고 한 번에 마셨어요.

    I filled the cup and drank it in one go.

  6. Requests and commands

    빈칸을 다 채우세요.

    Fill in all the blanks.

Good to know

  • 채우다 is the "make full" of 차다: 물을 채워요; and to fasten: 단추를 채워요, 안전벨트를 채워요.

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