개다 Korean verb conjugation

to clear up (weather)

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 개다 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
개는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
개니
합니다Formal
갭니다

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 개요갭니다갠다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갰어요갰습니다갰어갰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 개겠어요개겠습니다개겠어개겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갤 거예요갤 것입니다갤 거야갤 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 개요?갭니까?개?개니?
과거Past 갰어요?갰습니까?갰어?갰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 개세요개십시오개라
청유Let's 개요갭시다개자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 개요안 갭니다안 개안 갠다
-지 않다Not (long) 개지 않아요개지 않습니다개지 않아개지 않는다
Cannot 못 개요못 갭니다못 개못 갠다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 개세요개십니다개셔개신다
과거Past 개셨어요개셨습니다개셨어개셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
개는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
개던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
개고
-게-ly / so that
개게
-어서so / and then
개서
-으니까since
개니까
-으면if / when
개면
-지만but
개지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
개는데
-어도even if
개도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 개고 있어요개고 있습니다개고 있어개고 있다
과거Was doing 개고 있었어요개고 있었습니다개고 있었어개고 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.

사과가 몇 개인가요?

How many apples are there?

고양이는 목숨이 아홉 개다.

Cats have nine lives.

현재 다토에바에는 몽골어 문장이 여섯 개다.

There are six sentences in Mongolian in Tatoeba as of now.

도대체 영이 몇 개죠?

That's how many zeros?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 개다 in Korean?

개다 (to clear up (weather)) is 개요 in the polite 해요체, 갭니다 in formal 합니다체, 개 in casual 반말 and 갠다 in the plain written style. The past is 갰어요.

What is the past tense of 개다?

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

Is 개다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갭니다, 개, 개니 all keep 개 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 개다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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