가다 Korean verb conjugation

to go

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 가다 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
가는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
가니
합니다Formal
갑니다

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 가요갑니다간다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갔어요갔습니다갔어갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가겠어요가겠습니다가겠어가겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갈 거예요갈 것입니다갈 거야갈 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가요?갑니까?가?가니?
과거Past 갔어요?갔습니까?갔어?갔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 가세요가십시오가라
also, archaic가거라
청유Let's 가요갑시다가자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가요안 갑니다안 가안 간다
-지 않다Not (long) 가지 않아요가지 않습니다가지 않아가지 않는다
Cannot 못 가요못 갑니다못 가못 간다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가세요가십니다가셔가신다
과거Past 가셨어요가셨습니다가셨어가셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
가던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가고
-게-ly / so that
가게
-어서so / and then
가서
-으니까since
가니까
-으면if / when
가면
-지만but
가지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가는데
-어도even if
가도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 가고 있어요가고 있습니다가고 있어가고 있다
과거Was doing 가고 있었어요가고 있었습니다가고 있었어가고 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.

나는 가지 않을 것 같다.

I might not go.

난 유럽에 가지 않기로 했다.

I decided not to go to Europe.

가 봐 내가 있잖아

Go ahead. I got it.

가도 될 것 같아.

I think you're good to go.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가다 in Korean?

가다 (to go) is 가요 in the polite 해요체, 갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 가 in casual 반말 and 간다 in the plain written style. The past is 갔어요.

What is the past tense of 가다?

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

Is 가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갑니다, 가, 가니 all keep 가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 가다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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