갑갑하다

to feel stuffy, constrained

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
갑갑한
아/어Infinitive
갑갑해
-으니Since
갑갑하니
합니다Formal
갑갑합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갑갑해요갑갑합니다갑갑해갑갑하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갑갑했어요갑갑했습니다갑갑했어갑갑했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갑갑하겠어요갑갑하겠습니다갑갑하겠어갑갑하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갑갑할 거예요갑갑할 것입니다갑갑할 거야갑갑할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갑갑해요?갑갑합니까?갑갑해?갑갑하니?
과거Past 갑갑했어요?갑갑했습니까?갑갑했어?갑갑했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 갑갑해요안 갑갑합니다안 갑갑해안 갑갑하다
-지 않다Not (long) 갑갑하지 않아요갑갑하지 않습니다갑갑하지 않아갑갑하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갑갑하세요갑갑하십니다갑갑하셔갑갑하시다
과거Past 갑갑하셨어요갑갑하셨습니다갑갑하셨어갑갑하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
갑갑한
과거Past
갑갑한
미래Future
갑갑할
회상Used to
갑갑하던

Joining clauses

-고and
갑갑하고
-게-ly / so that
갑갑하게
-어서so / and then
갑갑해서
-으니까since
갑갑하니까
-으면if / when
갑갑하면
-지만but
갑갑하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갑갑한데
-어도even if
갑갑해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

얘야. 우리 야옹이가 갑갑하잖니."

You need to air out your Pussycat."

계속 가슴이 갑갑해지니까 오히려 아픈듯한 느낌을 받았어요.

But it started to sink lower and lower and almost hurt.

가슴을 누른 듯한 갑갑한 느낌은 더욱 시간이 갈수록 심해졌고

And the feeling on my chest got worse and worse.

하지만 기분이 나아지기보단 오히려 가슴이 갑갑해지기 시작했습니다. 안 좋은 소식을 들었을 때 느끼는 그런 감정이라고 할까요.

But the feeling just kept getting worse, and I started to feel this pressure in my chest, sort of like the feeling when you get bad news.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 갑갑하다 in Korean?

갑갑하다 (to feel stuffy, constrained) is 갑갑해요 in the polite 해요체, 갑갑합니다 in formal 합니다체, 갑갑해 in casual 반말 and 갑갑하다 in the plain written style. The past is 갑갑했어요.

What is the past tense of 갑갑하다?

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

Is 갑갑하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 갑갑하여 and 갑갑하니 but unchanged in 갑갑합니다.

What TOPIK level is 갑갑하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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