취하다 Korean verb conjugation

to get drunk

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 취하다 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
취하는
아/어Infinitive
취하
-으니Since
취하니
합니다Formal
취합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 취하요취합니다취하취한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 취핬어요취핬습니다취핬어취핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 취하겠어요취하겠습니다취하겠어취하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 취할 거예요취할 것입니다취할 거야취할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 취하요?취합니까?취하?취하니?
과거Past 취핬어요?취핬습니까?취핬어?취핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 취하세요취하십시오취하취하라
청유Let's 취하요취합시다취하취하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 취하요안 취합니다안 취하안 취한다
-지 않다Not (long) 취하지 않아요취하지 않습니다취하지 않아취하지 않는다
Cannot 못 취하요못 취합니다못 취하못 취한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 취하세요취하십니다취하셔취하신다
과거Past 취하셨어요취하셨습니다취하셨어취하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
취하는
과거Past
취한
미래Future
취할
회상Used to
취하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
취하고
-게-ly / so that
취하게
-어서so / and then
취하서
-으니까since
취하니까
-으면if / when
취하면
-지만but
취하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
취하는데
-어도even if
취하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 취하고 있어요취하고 있습니다취하고 있어취하고 있다
과거Was doing 취하고 있었어요취하고 있었습니다취하고 있었어취하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

취해본 적 있어?

Have you ever been drunk?

너희 둘다 취했다.

You were both drunk.

톰은 거의 매일 밤 취한다.

Tom gets drunk almost every evening.

톰이 메리가 술에 취해 보인다고 말했어.

Tom said that Mary seemed to be drunk.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 취하다 in Korean?

취하다 (to get drunk) is 취하요 in the polite 해요체, 취합니다 in formal 합니다체, 취하 in casual 반말 and 취한다 in the plain written style. The past is 취핬어요.

What is the past tense of 취하다?

취핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 취핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 취하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 취하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 취합니다, 취하, 취하니 all keep 취하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 취하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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