찾아가다 Korean verb conjugation
to go to see someone
Every form of 찾아가다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 찾아가는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 찾아가
- -으니Since
- 찾아가니
- 합니다Formal
- 찾아갑니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아가요 | 찾아갑니다 | 찾아가 | 찾아간다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아갔어요 | 찾아갔습니다 | 찾아갔어 | 찾아갔다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 찾아가겠어요 | 찾아가겠습니다 | 찾아가겠어 | 찾아가겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 찾아갈 거예요 | 찾아갈 것입니다 | 찾아갈 거야 | 찾아갈 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아가요? | 찾아갑니까? | 찾아가? | 찾아가니? |
| 과거Past | 찾아갔어요? | 찾아갔습니까? | 찾아갔어? | 찾아갔니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 찾아가세요 | 찾아가십시오 | 찾아가 | 찾아가라 |
| also, archaic | 찾아가거라 | |||
| 청유Let's | 찾아가요 | 찾아갑시다 | 찾아가 | 찾아가자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 찾아가요 | 안 찾아갑니다 | 안 찾아가 | 안 찾아간다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 찾아가지 않아요 | 찾아가지 않습니다 | 찾아가지 않아 | 찾아가지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 찾아가요 | 못 찾아갑니다 | 못 찾아가 | 못 찾아간다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아가세요 | 찾아가십니다 | 찾아가셔 | 찾아가신다 |
| 과거Past | 찾아가셨어요 | 찾아가셨습니다 | 찾아가셨어 | 찾아가셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 찾아가는
- 과거Past
- 찾아간
- 미래Future
- 찾아갈
- 회상Used to
- 찾아가던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 찾아가고
- -게-ly / so that
- 찾아가게
- -어서so / and then
- 찾아가서
- -으니까since
- 찾아가니까
- -으면if / when
- 찾아가면
- -지만but
- 찾아가지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 찾아가는데
- -어도even if
- 찾아가도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 찾아가고 있어요 | 찾아가고 있습니다 | 찾아가고 있어 | 찾아가고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 찾아가고 있었어요 | 찾아가고 있었습니다 | 찾아가고 있었어 | 찾아가고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에/에게/로/를 찾아가다
- 1이 2에서/에게서 3을 찾아가다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
함께 하고 싶은 공동체를 직접 찾아가서
Go search for communities that you can be part of.
이제 18살, 19살이 된 아이들을 직접 찾아갔습니다.
They went to look for these kids who were now 18 and 19.
그래서 신경과 의사를 찾아갔더니 그 의사도 놀랐었지요.
And she went to a neurologist, who was fascinated.
하지만 소르디스를 찾아가지 않았습니다.
But I didn't show up at Thordis's door.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 찾아가다 in Korean?
찾아가다 (to go to see someone) is 찾아가요 in the polite 해요체, 찾아갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 찾아가 in casual 반말 and 찾아간다 in the plain written style. The past is 찾아갔어요.
What is the past tense of 찾아가다?
찾아갔어요 in everyday polite speech, 찾아갔습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 찾아가 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 찾아가다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찾아갑니다, 찾아가, 찾아가니 all keep 찾아가 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 찾아가다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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