담다

to put into a container

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
담는
아/어Infinitive
담아
-으니Since
담으니
합니다Formal
담습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 담아요담습니다담아담는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 담았어요담았습니다담았어담았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 담겠어요담겠습니다담겠어담겠다
-을 것이다Going to 담을 거예요담을 것입니다담을 거야담을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 담아요?담습니까?담아?담니?
과거Past 담았어요?담았습니까?담았어?담았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 담으세요담으십시오담아담아라
청유Let's 담아요담읍시다담아담자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 담아요안 담습니다안 담아안 담는다
-지 않다Not (long) 담지 않아요담지 않습니다담지 않아담지 않는다
못Cannot 못 담아요못 담습니다못 담아못 담는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 담으세요담으십니다담으셔담으신다
과거Past 담으셨어요담으셨습니다담으셨어담으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
담는
과거Past
담은
미래Future
담을
회상Used to
담던

Joining clauses

-고and
담고
-게-ly / so that
담게
-어서so / and then
담아서
-으니까since
담으니까
-으면if / when
담으면
-지만but
담지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
담는데
-어도even if
담아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 담고 있어요담고 있습니다담고 있어담고 있다
과거Was doing 담고 있었어요담고 있었습니다담고 있었어담고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 여러 역사적인 사실을 담고있는 이 이야기를 좋아합니다.

Now, I love this story because it's true at multiple levels.

마음속에 담아둡니다.

And I take this to heart.

그냥 다 담아, 알았지?

Just fill it up, okay?

담아만 두는 건 안 좋아

But it isn't healthy to keep it all bottled up.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 담다 in Korean?

담다 (to put into a container) is 담아요 in the polite 해요체, 담습니다 in formal 합니다체, 담아 in casual 반말 and 담는다 in the plain written style. The past is 담았어요.

What is the past tense of 담다?

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

Is 담다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 담습니다, 담아, 담으니 all keep 담 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 담다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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