Irradiate in Korean 🇰🇷

비추다 info.

Tips to Remember the Word:
• Notice the root "비추" which sounds similar to "빛" (light). Think of shining light (“빛”) on something to help recall that 비추다 means “to irradiate” or “to illuminate.”
• Imagine a scene where light is “cast” onto an object—the word “비추다” can be remembered as “making something visible by shining light.”

Explanations:
• 비추다 means “to shine,” “to illuminate,” or “to irradiate.” It describes the action of casting light onto something, whether literally (as with the sun or a lamp) or figuratively (as in casting light on an issue).

Other Words with a Similar Meaning:
• 비치다 – usually used in a passive sense to mean “to shine.”
• 조명하다 – means “to illuminate” (often used for artificial lighting or stage lighting).
• 빛을 내다 – can also imply “to emit light” or “to shine.”

Conjugations (Verb Stem: 비추-):
Infinitive: 비추다 (bichuda)
Present Tense:
 • Plain form: 비춘다 (bichunda)
 • Polite form: 비춰요 (bichwoyo) [a contraction of 비추어요]
Past Tense:
 • Plain form: 비췄다 (bichwotta)
 • Polite form: 비췄어요 (bichwosseoyo)
Future Tense:
 • Plain form: 비출 것이다 (bichul geosida)
 • Polite form: 비출 거예요 (bichul geoyeyo)
Present Progressive:
 • 비추고 있다 (bichugo itda) or 비추고 있어요 (bichugo isseoyo)
Imperative:
 • Informal: 비춰라 (bichwora)
 • Formal: 비추세요 (bichuseyo)

Example Sentences:
• The lamp irradiates the room.
 – Korean: 램프가 방을 비춰요.
 – Romanized: Raempeuga bangeul bichwoyo.
• The moonlight shone on the lake.
 – Korean: 달빛이 호수를 비췄다.
 – Romanized: Dalbichi hosureul bichwotta.
• He is illuminating the garden with sunlight.
 – Korean: 그는 정원을 햇빛으로 비추고 있어요.
 – Romanized: Geuneun jeongwone haetbit-euro bichugo isseoyo.

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