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KOREAN VERB

빼다

to take out, to leave out, to pull out

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take out
NegativeI don’t take out

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took out
NegativeI didn’t take out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will take out
NegativeI won’t take out

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take out (respectfully)
PastI took out (respectfully)
FutureI will take out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 빼다

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

  1. Present

    저는 아침 커피에서 설탕을 늘 빼요.

    I always leave the sugar out of my morning coffee.

  2. Past

    민준이는 두 달 만에 오 킬로를 뺐어요.

    Min-jun lost five kilos in two months.

  3. Future

    이번 공연에서는 마지막 곡을 뺄 거예요.

    We'll leave the last song out of this show.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 국에서 파를 항상 빼세요.

    Grandpa always takes the spring onions out of his soup.

  5. Connectives

    양파를 빼면 맛이 좀 심심해요.

    If you leave out the onion, it tastes a bit bland.

  6. Requests and commands

    너무 기니까 마지막 문장은 빼세요.

    It's too long, so leave the last sentence out.

Good to know

  • 고수는 빼 주세요 leaves the coriander out of a dish; 살을 빼다 is to lose weight.

Where you hear 빼다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 김치에서 파를 빼요. I leave the spring onion out of the kimchi.
  • 가방에서 베이스 줄을 뺐어요. I took the bass strings out of the bag.
  • 다음 곡에서는 드럼을 뺄 거예요. In the next song we'll leave the drums out.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 김치에서 파를 빼요. I leave the spring onion out of the kimchi.
  • 가방에서 베이스 줄을 뺐어요. I took the bass strings out of the bag.
  • 다음 곡에서는 드럼을 뺄 거예요. In the next song we'll leave the drums out.

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