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춥다

chupda

to be cold (weather)

Part of speech · descriptive verb (adjective)

Pattern visualization

Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
chinitial+umedial+pfinal
dinitial+amedial

Examples

  1. 오늘은 날씨가 추워요.
    The weather is cold today.
  2. 겨울에는 너무 추워요.
    In winter it is very cold.

Collocations

날씨가 춥다너무 춥다추운 날

Mnemonic

chupda "to be cold (of weather)" is a bieup-irregular adjective. Before a vowel ending, the stem-final consonant (romanized b/p, the bieup) turns into a w sound: chup- plus -eoyo becomes chuwoyo, not chupeoyo. For an object that feels cold to the touch, Korean uses chagapda instead.

Quick check

  1. What is the present polite form of chupda?

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