Ttwida Conjugation: 뛰다 Meaning, Forms & Examples

Key Facts

• Hangul: 뛰다 (ttwida)
• Meaning: to run; to jump
• Level: A2
• Stem: 뛰
• Class: regular
• Polite present / past: 뛰어요 / 뛰었어요
• Honorific polite: 뛰세요

What Does 뛰다 Mean?

Korean dictionaries treat running and jumping as one core sense of moving fast with your legs:

• to run/jump. Move fast on foot, or jump, as in 공원에서 뛰다 or 높이 뛰다; also for the heart beating (가슴이 뛰다).

뛰다 usually takes no object: the place takes 에서 (공원에서 뛰어요), and a distance can take 을/를. Context decides between running and jumping. In the idiom 가슴이 뛰다, the heart pounds with excitement or nerves.

How Do You Pronounce 뛰다?

In Revised Romanization the verb is written ttwida, and the dictionary form is read as spelled. The tt is the tense ㄸ, with no puff of air, and ㅟ starts with rounded lips that quickly spread toward "ee", like the "wee" of "week".

These conjugated forms sound different from their spelling:

• 뛰었어요 [뛰어써요]
• 뛸 거예요 [뛸꺼예요]
• 뛰겠어요 [뛰게써요]
• 뜁니다 [뜀니다]
• 뛰었습니다 [뛰얻씀니다]
• 뛸 것입니다 [뛸꺼심니다]
• 뛰었어 [뛰어써]
• 뛸 거야 [뛸꺼야]
• 뛰고 싶어요 [뛰고 시퍼요]
• 뛰지 않아요 [뛰지 아나요]

In everyday speech 뛰어요 may also sound close to ttwi-yeo-yo; the standard pronunciation rules allow this glide, but the spelling never changes.

How Do You Use 뛰다 in a Sentence?

아이들이 운동장에서 뛰어요 marks the place with 에서, the usual frame for a verb that takes no object. (뛰어요)

The past 뛰었어요 comes with a time (어제 아침에) and a place (공원에서); the stem keeps its ㅟ and takes 었. (뛰었어요)

The modifier 뛰는 sits before 아이를, turning the verb into a describing phrase, and 보세요 then asks the listener to look. (뛰는)

How Does Ttwida Conjugation Work? (19 forms)

Is 뛰다 Regular or Irregular?

Regular verbs keep the stem as it is and take the vowel-harmony ending. The stem 뛰 has no ㅏ or ㅗ, so it takes 어: 뛰어요 in the present and 뛰었어요 in the past. The rule is taught in polite present recipe.

What Is the Most Common Mistake with 뛰다?

Wrong: ✗ 뛰여요

Correct: ✓ 뛰어요

Why: The stem ends in ㅟ, so it takes 어 (뛰어요), not 여; the contraction 뛰어요 is not spelled 뛰여요.

The ending after 뛰 is 어, as in 뛰어요. Learners write 여 because the two vowels can glide together in fast speech, but the spelling keeps 어.

How Is 뛰다 Different from 달리다 and 걷다?

Both verbs cover running, but only 뛰다 also jumps; use 달리다 for vehicles and races.

A walking pace is 걷다, a running pace is 뛰다; the pair marks the speed difference.

Planning a Run in the Park

Two friends meet at a park and discuss exercise. They use polite speech. Their exchange includes a question about today's activity, a report about yesterday, and a plan for tomorrow.

Hana

Min

Hana

Min

오늘도 and 어제도 add “too” to different days. 뛸 거예요 states Hana's plan. In the last line, 같이 and the shared situation turn 뛰어요 into a suggestion to run together; the polite ending alone can also make a statement or a question.

Phrases That Help You Choose Run or Jump

공원에서 뛰다 usually suggests running in a park. The place provides a setting for movement over the ground. 높이 뛰다, “to jump high”, points to upward movement instead. 높이 is the clue that the speaker is talking about height rather than a running route.

제자리에서 뛰다 describes jumping or jogging on the spot. 제자리 means one's place, so the expression tells you that the person is not travelling along a route. It fits a warm-up or an exercise demonstration where everyone stays in position.

가슴이 뛰다 describes the heart pounding, literally the chest beating. A character waiting to meet someone special may use this expression. The phrase can also fit nervous anticipation. It reports a strong bodily feeling without naming one fixed emotion or proving that someone is in love.

뛰는 사람 describes a person who runs or is running. The modifier 는 does not resolve running versus jumping on its own. A park scene, a sports event, or the person's movement supplies the interpretation. Keep the surrounding nouns and adverbs in view.

Where Will You Hear 뛰다?

On a playground, 뛰다 can describe children running around or jumping. In exercise conversation, a distance or route normally makes the running meaning clearer. A height word or an obstacle makes jumping more likely. English translations need to follow the scene rather than assign one permanent meaning to the Korean verb.

In a hallway or near a pool, a warning about running may use 뛰다. The instruction concerns movement in that location, not whether exercise is good or bad. In sports coverage, 달리다 can provide a clearer running verb when the distinction from jumping matters.

In romantic dialogue, 가슴이 뛰다 often shifts the scene from physical exercise to emotion. The grammatical subject is now 가슴, not a person running across a park. That subject change is a useful listening clue even when you cannot catch every surrounding word.

Why Is 뛰어요 Longer than 타요?

The stem 뛰 keeps ㅟ before 어요, so the written form is 뛰어요. It does not merge into a single syllable in the way 타 + 아요 becomes 타요. In the past, 뛰었어요 also keeps the vowel sequence. A quick spoken glide does not change the written ending to 여.

Other endings attach directly: 뛰는 describes a following noun, and 뛰면 means “if someone runs or jumps”. The future 뛸 adds ㄹ beneath 뛰. The formal 뜁니다 adds ㅂ in that position instead. The compact final block in each form is an ending added to the same stem.

Keep a space in 뛸 거예요. The ㄹ belongs inside 뛸, while 거예요 is separate. For 뛰고 싶어요, 고 attaches to the full stem and 싶어요 remains separate. There is no ㅡ to drop and no ㄷ irregular change, despite the tense consonant at the start.

Related Words for Movement and Exercise

The sports vocabulary lesson places these movements in exercise and sporting situations.

Mini Drill: Choose the Right Form

1. Write the polite present of 뛰다.
2. Change 뛰어요 to polite past.
3. Complete a plan: 내일 공원에서 ___ 거예요.

Quick Self-Test

1. Which meaning does 높이 뛰다 usually have?
2. Does 가슴이 뛰다 describe a chest running somewhere?
3. What final consonant is added to 뛰 in 뛸 거예요?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 뛰다 a Regular or Irregular Verb?

뛰다 is regular: the stem 뛰 never changes, and the ending follows ordinary vowel harmony (어).

What Is the Polite Present Form of 뛰다?

뛰어요, as in 아이들이 운동장에서 뛰어요. (The children are running in the playground.) The past is 뛰었어요 and the future is 뛸 거예요; the honorific polite form is 뛰세요.

Does 뛰다 Take an Object?

Usually not. The place takes 에서 (공원에서 뛰어요), and a distance can take 을/를.

Can 뛰다 Describe a Heartbeat?

Yes. In 가슴이 뛰다 the heart (literally the chest) is the subject, and the verb means to pound with excitement or nerves.

How Do I Know Whether 뛰다 Means Run or Jump?

Context decides: a place like 공원에서 suggests running, while 높이 (high) suggests jumping.

Which Words Are Related to 뛰다?

• 올리다
• 운동하다

What Should You Learn Next?

Next, practise telling running from jumping in your own sentences, then compare the related entries above. To compare 뛰어요 with other verbs, use the Korean verb conjugator or browse the verb dictionary.