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KOREAN VERB

뜨다

to float, to rise (an egg on water, the sun)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI float
NegativeI don’t float

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI floated
NegativeI didn’t float

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI float (respectfully)
PastI floated (respectfully)
FutureI will float (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 뜨다

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

  1. Present

    여름에는 해가 아주 일찍 떠요.

    In summer the sun rises very early.

  2. Past

    오래된 달걀이 물 위에 떴어요.

    The old egg floated to the top of the water.

  3. Future

    내일은 다섯 시 반에 해가 뜰 거예요.

    Tomorrow the sun will rise at half past five.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 수영장에서 가만히 잘 뜨세요.

    Grandpa floats easily, lying still in the pool.

  5. Connectives

    달이 뜨면 바다로 산책 가요.

    When the moon rises, let's walk down to the sea.

Good to know

  • 뜨다 is also to open the eyes, 눈을 뜨다, and to leave a place, 자리를 뜨다.

Where you hear 뜨다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 소금물에서는 달걀이 떠요. In salt water, the egg floats.
  • 어제는 달걀이 떴어요. Yesterday the egg floated.
  • 소금을 더 넣으면 뜰 거예요. If you add more salt, it'll float.

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 소금물에서는 달걀이 떠요. In salt water, the egg floats.
  • 어제는 달걀이 떴어요. Yesterday the egg floated.
  • 소금을 더 넣으면 뜰 거예요. If you add more salt, it'll float.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.