감돌다 Korean verb conjugation

to hang around, to linger

Every form of 감돌다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
감도는
아/어Infinitive
감돌아
-으니Since
감도니
합니다Formal
감돕니다

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 감돌아요감돕니다감돌아감돈다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 감돌았어요감돌았습니다감돌았어감돌았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 감돌겠어요감돌겠습니다감돌겠어감돌겠다
-을 것이다Going to 감돌 거예요감돌 것입니다감돌 거야감돌 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 감돌아요?감돕니까?감돌아?감도니?
과거Past 감돌았어요?감돌았습니까?감돌았어?감돌았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 감도세요감도십시오감돌아감돌아라
청유Let's 감돌아요감돕시다감돌아감돌자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 감돌아요안 감돕니다안 감돌아안 감돈다
-지 않다Not (long) 감돌지 않아요감돌지 않습니다감돌지 않아감돌지 않는다
Cannot 못 감돌아요못 감돕니다못 감돌아못 감돈다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 감도세요감도십니다감도셔감도신다
과거Past 감도셨어요감도셨습니다감도셨어감도셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
감도는
과거Past
감돈
미래Future
감돌
회상Used to
감돌던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
감돌고
-게-ly / so that
감돌게
-어서so / and then
감돌아서
-으니까since
감도니까
-으면if / when
감돌면
-지만but
감돌지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
감도는데
-어도even if
감돌아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 감돌고 있어요감돌고 있습니다감돌고 있어감돌고 있다
과거Was doing 감돌고 있었어요감돌고 있었습니다감돌고 있었어감돌고 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.

전세계적으로 테러의 기운이 감돌았었죠.

There were waves of terror rolling across the globe.

그러면서 테이블 주위로 불편한 침묵이 감돌죠.

And there would be an awkward silence at the table.

아메리카 대륙, 미국부터 멕시코까지 그리고 콜럼비아부터 우루과이까지 변화의 기운은 감돌고 있습니다.

Across the Americas, from the US and Mexico to Colombia and Uruguay, change is in the air.

긴장감이 감돌았고 할머니께서는 저를 통제해야겠다는 필요를 느끼셨죠.

Nervously filling the air and my grandmother needed to get me under control.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 감돌다 in Korean?

감돌다 (to hang around, to linger) is 감돌아요 in the polite 해요체, 감돕니다 in formal 합니다체, 감돌아 in casual 반말 and 감돈다 in the plain written style. The past is 감돌았어요.

What is the past tense of 감돌다?

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

Is 감돌다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 감돌아 and 감도니 but unchanged in 감돕니다.

What TOPIK level is 감돌다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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