갈아타다

to transfer, to change

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
갈아타는
아/어Infinitive
갈아타
-으니Since
갈아타니
합니다Formal
갈아탑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갈아타요갈아탑니다갈아타갈아탄다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갈아탔어요갈아탔습니다갈아탔어갈아탔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갈아타겠어요갈아타겠습니다갈아타겠어갈아타겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갈아탈 거예요갈아탈 것입니다갈아탈 거야갈아탈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갈아타요?갈아탑니까?갈아타?갈아타니?
과거Past 갈아탔어요?갈아탔습니까?갈아탔어?갈아탔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갈아타세요갈아타십시오갈아타갈아타라
청유Let's 갈아타요갈아탑시다갈아타갈아타자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 갈아타요안 갈아탑니다안 갈아타안 갈아탄다
-지 않다Not (long) 갈아타지 않아요갈아타지 않습니다갈아타지 않아갈아타지 않는다
못Cannot 못 갈아타요못 갈아탑니다못 갈아타못 갈아탄다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갈아타세요갈아타십니다갈아타셔갈아타신다
과거Past 갈아타셨어요갈아타셨습니다갈아타셨어갈아타셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
갈아타는
과거Past
갈아탄
미래Future
갈아탈
회상Used to
갈아타던

Joining clauses

-고and
갈아타고
-게-ly / so that
갈아타게
-어서so / and then
갈아타서
-으니까since
갈아타니까
-으면if / when
갈아타면
-지만but
갈아타지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갈아타는데
-어도even if
갈아타도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 갈아타고 있어요갈아타고 있습니다갈아타고 있어갈아타고 있다
과거Was doing 갈아타고 있었어요갈아타고 있었습니다갈아타고 있었어갈아타고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

지하철을 갈아타는 중에 문자를 써서 실수한 것 같아요.

It seems I made a mistake in the text message because I wrote it while transferring lines in the underground.

왜냐하면 전 그냥 Orbit으로 갈아탔거든요.

Because I just switched to Orbit.

사람들은 퀸즈를 출발해서 E에서 6번 지하철로 갈아타고 있는 중입니다.

People are coming in from Queens, transferring from the E train to the 6 train.

다른 차량으로 갈아타

You need to get to the switch car.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 갈아타다 in Korean?

갈아타다 (to transfer, to change) is 갈아타요 in the polite 해요체, 갈아탑니다 in formal 합니다체, 갈아타 in casual 반말 and 갈아탄다 in the plain written style. The past is 갈아탔어요.

What is the past tense of 갈아타다?

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

Is 갈아타다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갈아탑니다, 갈아타, 갈아타니 all keep 갈아타 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 갈아타다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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