얻다 Korean verb conjugation

to obtain, get

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 얻다 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
얻는
아/어Infinitive
얻어
-으니Since
얻으니
합니다Formal
얻습니다

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 얻어요얻습니다얻어얻는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얻었어요얻었습니다얻었어얻었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얻겠어요얻겠습니다얻겠어얻겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얻을 거예요얻을 것입니다얻을 거야얻을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얻어요?얻습니까?얻어?얻니?
과거Past 얻었어요?얻었습니까?얻었어?얻었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얻으세요얻으십시오얻어얻어라
청유Let's 얻어요얻읍시다얻어얻자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 얻어요안 얻습니다안 얻어안 얻는다
-지 않다Not (long) 얻지 않아요얻지 않습니다얻지 않아얻지 않는다
Cannot 못 얻어요못 얻습니다못 얻어못 얻는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얻으세요얻으십니다얻으셔얻으신다
과거Past 얻으셨어요얻으셨습니다얻으셨어얻으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
얻는
과거Past
얻은
미래Future
얻을
회상Used to
얻던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
얻고
-게-ly / so that
얻게
-어서so / and then
얻어서
-으니까since
얻으니까
-으면if / when
얻으면
-지만but
얻지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얻는데
-어도even if
얻어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얻고 있어요얻고 있습니다얻고 있어얻고 있다
과거Was doing 얻고 있었어요얻고 있었습니다얻고 있었어얻고 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.

그보다 더 많은 것을 얻었죠.

But I also got much more.

다시 얻을 수 있는 게 아니고요.

We only have them once.

우리는 두 가지 결과를 얻었습니다.

And we found two things.

이로부터 제가 얻는 건 무엇일까요? 왜 이 이야기를 하는 걸까요?

What do I take from this? Why tell this story?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 얻다 in Korean?

얻다 (to obtain, get) is 얻어요 in the polite 해요체, 얻습니다 in formal 합니다체, 얻어 in casual 반말 and 얻는다 in the plain written style. The past is 얻었어요.

What is the past tense of 얻다?

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

Is 얻다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얻습니다, 얻어, 얻으니 all keep 얻 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얻다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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