갈망하다 Korean verb conjugation

to long for

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 갈망하다 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
갈망하는
아/어Infinitive
갈망하
-으니Since
갈망하니
합니다Formal
갈망합니다

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 갈망하요갈망합니다갈망하갈망한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갈망핬어요갈망핬습니다갈망핬어갈망핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갈망하겠어요갈망하겠습니다갈망하겠어갈망하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갈망할 거예요갈망할 것입니다갈망할 거야갈망할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갈망하요?갈망합니까?갈망하?갈망하니?
과거Past 갈망핬어요?갈망핬습니까?갈망핬어?갈망핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갈망하세요갈망하십시오갈망하갈망하라
청유Let's 갈망하요갈망합시다갈망하갈망하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 갈망하요안 갈망합니다안 갈망하안 갈망한다
-지 않다Not (long) 갈망하지 않아요갈망하지 않습니다갈망하지 않아갈망하지 않는다
Cannot 못 갈망하요못 갈망합니다못 갈망하못 갈망한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갈망하세요갈망하십니다갈망하셔갈망하신다
과거Past 갈망하셨어요갈망하셨습니다갈망하셨어갈망하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
갈망하는
과거Past
갈망한
미래Future
갈망할
회상Used to
갈망하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
갈망하고
-게-ly / so that
갈망하게
-어서so / and then
갈망하서
-으니까since
갈망하니까
-으면if / when
갈망하면
-지만but
갈망하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갈망하는데
-어도even if
갈망하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 갈망하고 있어요갈망하고 있습니다갈망하고 있어갈망하고 있다
과거Was doing 갈망하고 있었어요갈망하고 있었습니다갈망하고 있었어갈망하고 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.

그는 더 좋은 직업을 갈망했다.

He desired a better job.

해방을 갈망한다면 좋은 소식이죠.

It's good news if you care about freedom.

마음의 모터에서 나옵니다. 무언가를 원하는 마음이나 갈망하는 마음에서요.

It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind.

그 곳은 내가 갈망하는 곳이죠.

I want to join Tōden, it’s a place I adore,

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 갈망하다 in Korean?

갈망하다 (to long for) is 갈망하요 in the polite 해요체, 갈망합니다 in formal 합니다체, 갈망하 in casual 반말 and 갈망한다 in the plain written style. The past is 갈망핬어요.

What is the past tense of 갈망하다?

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

Is 갈망하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갈망합니다, 갈망하, 갈망하니 all keep 갈망하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 갈망하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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