갖추다

to equip, prepare

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
갖추는
아/어Infinitive
갖춰
-으니Since
갖추니
합니다Formal
갖춥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖춰요갖춥니다갖춰갖춘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖췄어요갖췄습니다갖췄어갖췄다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갖추겠어요갖추겠습니다갖추겠어갖추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갖출 거예요갖출 것입니다갖출 거야갖출 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갖춰요?갖춥니까?갖춰?갖추니?
과거Past 갖췄어요?갖췄습니까?갖췄어?갖췄니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갖추세요갖추십시오갖춰갖춰라
청유Let's 갖춰요갖춥시다갖춰갖추자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 갖춰요안 갖춥니다안 갖춰안 갖춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 갖추지 않아요갖추지 않습니다갖추지 않아갖추지 않는다
못Cannot 못 갖춰요못 갖춥니다못 갖춰못 갖춘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갖추세요갖추십니다갖추셔갖추신다
과거Past 갖추셨어요갖추셨습니다갖추셨어갖추셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
갖추는
과거Past
갖춘
미래Future
갖출
회상Used to
갖추던

Joining clauses

-고and
갖추고
-게-ly / so that
갖추게
-어서so / and then
갖춰서
-으니까since
갖추니까
-으면if / when
갖추면
-지만but
갖추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갖추는데
-어도even if
갖춰도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 갖추고 있어요갖추고 있습니다갖추고 있어갖추고 있다
과거Was doing 갖추고 있었어요갖추고 있었습니다갖추고 있었어갖추고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이런 정보를 갖추고 있으면 몇 가지를 할 수 있습니다.

Armed with information like this, we can do several things.

갖춰야할 것들이 있다

You have to be a fighter.

너무 갖춰 입으신 건 아닌지..

You two seem a bit overdressed.

다른 건 다 갖췄으니 이제 해야지

We need all the odds in our favor, So I know what we have to do.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 갖추다 in Korean?

갖추다 (to equip, prepare) is 갖춰요 in the polite 해요체, 갖춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 갖춰 in casual 반말 and 갖춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 갖췄어요.

What is the past tense of 갖추다?

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

Is 갖추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갖춥니다, 갖춰, 갖추니 all keep 갖추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 갖추다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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