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피우다 conjugation

to smoke · piuda · sounds like [피우다]

Short answer: “To smoke” in Korean is 피우다 (piuda). Polite present: 피워요 (piwoyo); past: 피웠어요 (piwosseoyo); future: 피울 거예요. It is regular.

피우다 in sentences

All forms of 피우다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-아/어요피워요[피워요]piwoyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다피웁니다[피움니다]piumnida
casual-아/어피워[피워]piwo
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다피운다[피운다]piunda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?피웁니까?[피움니까]piumnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요피우고 있어요[피우고 이써요]piugo isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요피웠어요[피워써요]piwosseoyo
formal-았/었습니다피웠습니다[피웓씀니다]piwotseumnida
casual-았/었어피웠어[피워써]piwosseo
plain (written)-았/었다피웠다[피웓따]piwotda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요피울 거예요[피울 꺼예요]piul geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다피울 겁니다[피울 껌니다]piul geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야피울 거야[피울 꺼야]piul geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다피우겠습니다[피우겓씀니다]piugetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …안 피워요[안 피워요]an piwoyo
did not안 …았/었어요안 피웠어요[안 피워써요]an piwosseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요피우지 않아요[피우지 아나요]piuji anayo
cannot못 …못 피워요[몯 피워요]mot piwoyo
Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
honorific — present-(으)세요피우세요[피우세요]piuseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요피우셨어요[피우셔써요]piusyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다피우십니다[피우심니다]piusimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요피우세요[피우세요]piuseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요피워 주세요[피워 주세요]piwo juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요피우지 마세요[피우지 마세요]piuji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다피웁시다[피웁씨다]piupsida
let’s … (casual)-자피우자[피우자]piuja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라피워라[피워라]piwora
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고피우고[피우고]piugo
… so / and then-아/어서피워서[피워서]piwoseo
if …-(으)면피우면[피우면]piumyeon
… but-지만피우지만[피우지만]piujiman
because …-(으)니까피우니까[피우니까]piunikka
… and / but (background)-는데피우는데[피우는데]piuneunde
even if …-아/어도피워도[피워도]piwodo
while …-(으)면서피우면서[피우면서]piumyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고피우려고[피우려고]piuryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러피우러[피우러]piureo
before …-기 전에피우기 전에[피우기 저네]piugi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에피운 후에[피운 후에]piun hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는피우는[피우는]piuneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ피운[피운]piun
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ피울[피울]piul
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요피우고 싶어요[피우고 시퍼요]piugo sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요피울 수 있어요[피울 쑤 이써요]piul su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요피울 수 없어요[피울 쑤 업써요]piul su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요피워야 해요[피워야 해요]piwoya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요피워도 돼요[피워도 돼요]piwodo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요피우면 안 돼요[피우면 안 돼요]piumyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기피우기[피우기]piugi

How 피우다 changes

피우 ends in a vowel, so 피우 + 아/어 becomes 피워 → 피워요, 피웠어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 피우면, 피울. 피우다 is regular.

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Questions

How do you say “smoke” in Korean?

“To smoke” is 피우다 (piuda), pronounced [피우다]. In a sentence: 여기에서 담배를 피우면 안 돼요. — You mustn’t smoke here.

What is the past tense of 피우다?

피웠어요 (piwosseoyo) is the polite past tense of 피우다 (“to smoke”). Formal: 피웠습니다; casual: 피웠어.

How do you say 피우다 politely?

Everyday polite: 피워요 (piwoyo). Formal: 피웁니다. Casual, with close friends: 피워.

How do you say “I want to smoke” in Korean?

피우고 싶어요 (piugo sipeoyo), pronounced [피우고 시퍼요].

Is 피우다 irregular?

No. 피우 ends in a vowel, so 피우 + 아/어 becomes 피워 → 피워요, 피웠어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 피우면, 피울. 피우다 is regular.

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check