담그다

to steep, to immerse, to pickle

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
담그는
아/어Infinitive
담가
-으니Since
담그니
합니다Formal
담급니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 담가요담급니다담가담근다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 담갔어요담갔습니다담갔어담갔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 담그겠어요담그겠습니다담그겠어담그겠다
-을 것이다Going to 담글 거예요담글 것입니다담글 거야담글 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 담가요?담급니까?담가?담그니?
과거Past 담갔어요?담갔습니까?담갔어?담갔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 담그세요담그십시오담가담가라
청유Let's 담가요담급시다담가담그자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 담가요안 담급니다안 담가안 담근다
-지 않다Not (long) 담그지 않아요담그지 않습니다담그지 않아담그지 않는다
못Cannot 못 담가요못 담급니다못 담가못 담근다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 담그세요담그십니다담그셔담그신다
과거Past 담그셨어요담그셨습니다담그셨어담그셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
담그는
과거Past
담근
미래Future
담글
회상Used to
담그던

Joining clauses

-고and
담그고
-게-ly / so that
담그게
-어서so / and then
담가서
-으니까since
담그니까
-으면if / when
담그면
-지만but
담그지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
담그는데
-어도even if
담가도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 담그고 있어요담그고 있습니다담그고 있어담그고 있다
과거Was doing 담그고 있었어요담그고 있었습니다담그고 있었어담그고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

어머니가 오늘 김치를 담그셨어요.

My mother made kimchi today.

저 물에 담그면 정화되는 거 아니에요?

Why not just bring Amy in there? Wouldn't that purify her?

사진으로 코끼리 새끼 봤는데 물에 발을 담그고 있었어요

In the picture, The Elephant's Child, the water is up to the elephant's feet.

귀로 피클을 담가서 나눠 가져

We each get a pickled ear.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 담그다 in Korean?

담그다 (to steep, to immerse, to pickle) is 담가요 in the polite 해요체, 담급니다 in formal 합니다체, 담가 in casual 반말 and 담근다 in the plain written style. The past is 담갔어요.

What is the past tense of 담그다?

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

Is 담그다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 담가 and 담그니 but unchanged in 담급니다.

What TOPIK level is 담그다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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