갚다

to repay, to pay back

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
갚는
아/어Infinitive
갚아
-으니Since
갚으니
합니다Formal
갚습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갚아요갚습니다갚아갚는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갚았어요갚았습니다갚았어갚았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갚겠어요갚겠습니다갚겠어갚겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갚을 거예요갚을 것입니다갚을 거야갚을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갚아요?갚습니까?갚아?갚니?
과거Past 갚았어요?갚았습니까?갚았어?갚았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갚으세요갚으십시오갚아갚아라
청유Let's 갚아요갚읍시다갚아갚자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 갚아요안 갚습니다안 갚아안 갚는다
-지 않다Not (long) 갚지 않아요갚지 않습니다갚지 않아갚지 않는다
못Cannot 못 갚아요못 갚습니다못 갚아못 갚는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갚으세요갚으십니다갚으셔갚으신다
과거Past 갚으셨어요갚으셨습니다갚으셨어갚으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
갚는
과거Past
갚은
미래Future
갚을
회상Used to
갚던

Joining clauses

-고and
갚고
-게-ly / so that
갚게
-어서so / and then
갚아서
-으니까since
갚으니까
-으면if / when
갚으면
-지만but
갚지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갚는데
-어도even if
갚아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 갚고 있어요갚고 있습니다갚고 있어갚고 있다
과거Was doing 갚고 있었어요갚고 있었습니다갚고 있었어갚고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그들은 나한테 아직도 아무것도 갚지 않았는데.

They haven't paid me anything yet.

너의 죄를 목숨으로 갚아라.

Repay your sins with your life.

돈을 갚다

to repay the money (financial debt))

우린 돈 못 갚아

We can't pay him back.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 갚다 in Korean?

갚다 (to repay, to pay back) is 갚아요 in the polite 해요체, 갚습니다 in formal 합니다체, 갚아 in casual 반말 and 갚는다 in the plain written style. The past is 갚았어요.

What is the past tense of 갚다?

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

Is 갚다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갚습니다, 갚아, 갚으니 all keep 갚 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 갚다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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