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KOREAN VERB

새다

to leak (water, air, light)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI leak
NegativeI don’t leak

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI leaked
NegativeI didn’t leak

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI leak (respectfully)
PastI leaked (respectfully)
FutureI will leak (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 새다

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

  1. Present

    부엌 수도꼭지에서 물이 조금 새요.

    Water is leaking a little from the kitchen tap.

  2. Past

    어젯밤 비에 천장에서 물이 샜어요.

    In last night's rain, water leaked through the ceiling.

  3. Future

    창문을 안 고치면 바람이 샐 거예요.

    If you don't fix the window, air will leak in.

  4. Honorific

    할머니 댁은 비가 오면 지붕이 새세요?

    Does the roof leak at Grandma's house when it rains?

  5. Connectives

    가스가 새면 바로 창문을 여세요.

    If gas leaks, open the window right away.

Good to know

  • 새다 goes with 물, 가스, 비, 빛, and with a secret: 비밀이 새다 is a secret getting out.

Where you hear 새다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 천장에서 물이 새요. Water is leaking through the ceiling.
  • 지난주에도 물이 샜어요. Water leaked last week too.
  • 지붕을 안 고치면 또 샐 거예요. If we don't fix the roof, it'll leak again.
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Water through the ceiling

Advanced Level 2 · 사장님, 천장에서 물이 새요.

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