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세우다 conjugation

to stop (a car); to build; to make (a plan) · seuda · sounds like [세우다]

Short answer: “To stop (a car)” in Korean is 세우다 (seuda), which also means to build; to make (a plan). Polite present: 세워요 (sewoyo); past: 세웠어요 (sewosseoyo); future: 세울 거예요. It is regular.

세우다 in sentences

All forms of 세우다

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/어요세워요[세워요]sewoyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다세웁니다[세움니다]seumnida
casual-아/어세워[세워]sewo
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다세운다[세운다]seunda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?세웁니까?[세움니까]seumnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요세우고 있어요[세우고 이써요]seugo isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요세웠어요[세워써요]sewosseoyo
formal-았/었습니다세웠습니다[세웓씀니다]sewotseumnida
casual-았/었어세웠어[세워써]sewosseo
plain (written)-았/었다세웠다[세웓따]sewotda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요세울 거예요[세울 꺼예요]seul geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다세울 겁니다[세울 껌니다]seul geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야세울 거야[세울 꺼야]seul geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다세우겠습니다[세우겓씀니다]seugetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …안 세워요[안 세워요]an sewoyo
did not안 …았/었어요안 세웠어요[안 세워써요]an sewosseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요세우지 않아요[세우지 아나요]seuji anayo
cannot못 …못 세워요[몯 쎄워요]mot sewoyo
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)세요세우세요[세우세요]seuseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요세우셨어요[세우셔써요]seusyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다세우십니다[세우심니다]seusimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요세우세요[세우세요]seuseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요세워 주세요[세워 주세요]sewo juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요세우지 마세요[세우지 마세요]seuji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다세웁시다[세웁씨다]seupsida
let’s … (casual)-자세우자[세우자]seuja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라세워라[세워라]sewora
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고세우고[세우고]seugo
… so / and then-아/어서세워서[세워서]sewoseo
if …-(으)면세우면[세우면]seumyeon
… but-지만세우지만[세우지만]seujiman
because …-(으)니까세우니까[세우니까]seunikka
… and / but (background)-는데세우는데[세우는데]seuneunde
even if …-아/어도세워도[세워도]sewodo
while …-(으)면서세우면서[세우면서]seumyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고세우려고[세우려고]seuryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러세우러[세우러]seureo
before …-기 전에세우기 전에[세우기 저네]seugi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에세운 후에[세운 후에]seun hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는세우는[세우는]seuneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ세운[세운]seun
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ세울[세울]seul
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요세우고 싶어요[세우고 시퍼요]seugo sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요세울 수 있어요[세울 쑤 이써요]seul su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요세울 수 없어요[세울 쑤 업써요]seul su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요세워야 해요[세워야 해요]sewoya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요세워도 돼요[세워도 돼요]sewodo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요세우면 안 돼요[세우면 안 돼요]seumyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기세우기[세우기]seugi

How 세우다 changes

세우 ends in a vowel, so 세우 + 아/어 becomes 세워 → 세워요, 세웠어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 세우면, 세울. 세우다 is regular.

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Questions

How do you say “stop” in Korean?

“To stop (a car)” is 세우다 (seuda), pronounced [세우다]. In a sentence: 여기에 세워 주세요. — Please stop here. (to a taxi driver)

What is the past tense of 세우다?

세웠어요 (sewosseoyo) is the polite past tense of 세우다 (“to stop (a car)”). Formal: 세웠습니다; casual: 세웠어.

How do you say 세우다 politely?

Everyday polite: 세워요 (sewoyo). Formal: 세웁니다. Casual, with close friends: 세워.

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

세우고 싶어요 (seugo sipeoyo), pronounced [세우고 시퍼요].

Is 세우다 irregular?

No. 세우 ends in a vowel, so 세우 + 아/어 becomes 세워 → 세워요, 세웠어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 세우면, 세울. 세우다 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