쓰다
sseuda
to write; to use
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
쓰
ㅆssinitial+ㅡeumedial
다
ㄷdinitial+ㅏamedial
Examples
- 편지를 써요.I write a letter.
- 이 펜을 써도 돼요?May I use this pen?
Collocations
편지를 쓰다이름을 쓰다돈을 쓰다
Mnemonic
sseuda covers both "to write" and "to use". It is an eu-irregular verb: the bare stem vowel eu drops before an -eo ending, so sseu- plus -eoyo becomes sseoyo, never sseu-eoyo. A separate homophone sseuda also means "to taste bitter".
Quick check
Why does sseuda become sseoyo in the present?