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KOREAN VERB

띄우다

to float (something), to make it float

  • 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…

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 띄우다

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

  1. Present

    아이들이 공원 연못에 종이배를 띄워요.

    The children float paper boats on the park pond.

  2. Past

    봄에 강에서 작은 배를 띄웠어요.

    In spring we floated a small boat on the river.

  3. Future

    축제 날 밤에 등불을 띄울 거예요.

    On the festival night we'll float lanterns.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 손주와 함께 연을 띄우셨어요.

    Grandpa flew a kite with his grandson.

  5. Connectives

    배를 띄우고 나서 노를 저었어요.

    After launching the boat we rowed.

  6. Requests and commands

    회의 전에 화면에 지도를 띄우세요.

    Before the meeting, put the map up on the screen.

Good to know

  • 띄우다 sets a boat or a kite afloat, and on a screen 창을 띄우다 is to open a window.

Where you hear 띄우다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 소금물에 달걀을 띄워요. We float an egg in salt water.
  • 우리 딸이 달걀을 띄웠어요. My daughter floated an egg.
  • 다음 주에는 배를 띄울 거예요. Next week we'll float a boat.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.