간직하다 Korean verb conjugation

to keep safe, to cherish

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 간직하다 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
간직하는
아/어Infinitive
간직하
-으니Since
간직하니
합니다Formal
간직합니다

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 간직하요간직합니다간직하간직한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 간직핬어요간직핬습니다간직핬어간직핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 간직하겠어요간직하겠습니다간직하겠어간직하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 간직할 거예요간직할 것입니다간직할 거야간직할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 간직하요?간직합니까?간직하?간직하니?
과거Past 간직핬어요?간직핬습니까?간직핬어?간직핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 간직하세요간직하십시오간직하간직하라
청유Let's 간직하요간직합시다간직하간직하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 간직하요안 간직합니다안 간직하안 간직한다
-지 않다Not (long) 간직하지 않아요간직하지 않습니다간직하지 않아간직하지 않는다
Cannot 못 간직하요못 간직합니다못 간직하못 간직한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 간직하세요간직하십니다간직하셔간직하신다
과거Past 간직하셨어요간직하셨습니다간직하셨어간직하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
간직하는
과거Past
간직한
미래Future
간직할
회상Used to
간직하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
간직하고
-게-ly / so that
간직하게
-어서so / and then
간직하서
-으니까since
간직하니까
-으면if / when
간직하면
-지만but
간직하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
간직하는데
-어도even if
간직하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 간직하고 있어요간직하고 있습니다간직하고 있어간직하고 있다
과거Was doing 간직하고 있었어요간직하고 있었습니다간직하고 있었어간직하고 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.

그녀의 사진을 영원히 간직할 겁니다.

Her picture will be with me forever.

제가 어릴 적부터 간직했던 꿈이었습니다.

A dream I have had ever since I was a child.

오늘 여러분께서 이 메시지를 마음 속에 간직하셨으면 합니다.

So I hope that's a message that you all take on today.

커서도 항상 그 꿈을 간직했죠.

Growing up, I’d always wanted to join the military.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 간직하다 in Korean?

간직하다 (to keep safe, to cherish) is 간직하요 in the polite 해요체, 간직합니다 in formal 합니다체, 간직하 in casual 반말 and 간직한다 in the plain written style. The past is 간직핬어요.

What is the past tense of 간직하다?

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

Is 간직하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 간직합니다, 간직하, 간직하니 all keep 간직하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 간직하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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