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KOREAN VERB

줍다

to pick up (from the ground)

  • #207 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI pick up
NegativeI don’t pick up

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI picked up
NegativeI didn’t pick up

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will pick up
NegativeI won’t pick up

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI pick up (respectfully)
PastI picked up (respectfully)
FutureI will pick up (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 줍다

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

  1. Present

    저는 아침 산책 때 쓰레기를 주워요.

    I pick up litter on my morning walk.

  2. Past

    어제 공원에서 누가 떨어뜨린 지갑을 주웠어요.

    Yesterday I picked up a wallet someone had dropped in the park.

  3. Future

    가을에 할머니랑 밤을 주울 거예요.

    In autumn I'll pick up chestnuts with Grandma.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 산에서 도토리를 한 봉지 주우셨어요.

    Grandma picked up a bag of acorns on the mountain.

  5. Connectives

    동전을 주우면 그날 운이 좋대요.

    They say if you pick up a coin, you'll be lucky that day.

  6. Requests and commands

    바닥에 떨어진 거 다 주워.

    Pick up everything that fell on the floor.

Good to know

  • A ㅂ verb: 주워요, 주웠어요, 주우세요. 쓰레기를 줍다 is to pick up litter; 줍다 is only for what is on the ground, 들다 for lifting a thing.

Where you hear 줍다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 하은이가 바닥에서 밥을 주워요. Ha-eun picks up rice from the floor.
  • 어제 길에서 지갑을 주웠어요. Yesterday I picked up a wallet in the street.
  • 내일 시장에서 떨어진 배를 주울 거예요. Tomorrow I'll pick up the fallen pears at the market.
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Grandma's gate

Fluency Level 2 · 이제 한국 사람이네. 배 주워.

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