당기다 Korean verb conjugation

to pull, to draw

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 당기다 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
당기는
아/어Infinitive
당겨
-으니Since
당기니
합니다Formal
당깁니다

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 당겨요당깁니다당겨당긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 당겼어요당겼습니다당겼어당겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 당기겠어요당기겠습니다당기겠어당기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 당길 거예요당길 것입니다당길 거야당길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당겨요?당깁니까?당겨?당기니?
과거Past 당겼어요?당겼습니까?당겼어?당겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 당기세요당기십시오당겨당겨라
청유Let's 당겨요당깁시다당겨당기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 당겨요안 당깁니다안 당겨안 당긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 당기지 않아요당기지 않습니다당기지 않아당기지 않는다
Cannot 못 당겨요못 당깁니다못 당겨못 당긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당기세요당기십니다당기셔당기신다
과거Past 당기셨어요당기셨습니다당기셨어당기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
당기는
과거Past
당긴
미래Future
당길
회상Used to
당기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
당기고
-게-ly / so that
당기게
-어서so / and then
당겨서
-으니까since
당기니까
-으면if / when
당기면
-지만but
당기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
당기는데
-어도even if
당겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 당기고 있어요당기고 있습니다당기고 있어당기고 있다
과거Was doing 당기고 있었어요당기고 있었습니다당기고 있었어당기고 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.

그 순간 누군가 뒤에서 제 머리를 잡아 당겼습니다.

And I remember at that moment I felt a yank at the back of my head.

조금 가까이 당겨 보지요.

Let's just zoom in a little bit.

시간을 당겨 8년 후입니다.

Then fast-forward eight years.

이 물체를 당기고 밀어보겠습니다.

I'm pushing and pulling with this object.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 당기다 in Korean?

당기다 (to pull, to draw) is 당겨요 in the polite 해요체, 당깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 당겨 in casual 반말 and 당긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 당겼어요.

What is the past tense of 당기다?

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

Is 당기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 당깁니다, 당겨, 당기니 all keep 당기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 당기다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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