갖다

having, possessing

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
갖는
아/어Infinitive
갖아
-으니Since
갖으니
합니다Formal
갖습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖아요갖습니다갖아갖는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖았어요갖았습니다갖았어갖았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 갖겠어요갖겠습니다갖겠어갖겠다
-을 것이다Going to 갖을 거예요갖을 것입니다갖을 거야갖을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갖아요?갖습니까?갖아?갖니?
과거Past 갖았어요?갖았습니까?갖았어?갖았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갖으세요갖으십시오갖아갖아라
청유Let's 갖아요갖읍시다갖아갖자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 갖아요안 갖습니다안 갖아안 갖는다
-지 않다Not (long) 갖지 않아요갖지 않습니다갖지 않아갖지 않는다
못Cannot 못 갖아요못 갖습니다못 갖아못 갖는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갖으세요갖으십니다갖으셔갖으신다
과거Past 갖으셨어요갖으셨습니다갖으셨어갖으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
갖는
과거Past
갖은
미래Future
갖을
회상Used to
갖던

Joining clauses

-고and
갖고
-게-ly / so that
갖게
-어서so / and then
갖아서
-으니까since
갖으니까
-으면if / when
갖으면
-지만but
갖지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
갖는데
-어도even if
갖아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 갖고 있어요갖고 있습니다갖고 있어갖고 있다
과거Was doing 갖고 있었어요갖고 있었습니다갖고 있었어갖고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

왜 모두가 갖지 못할까?

Why doesn't everyone get this?

모두가 갖고 싶어 했습니다.

Everybody wanted some.

이것 좀 갖고 있어

Can you hold that?

우리 집도 갖고 싶어

I want to build us a house.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 갖다 in Korean?

갖다 (having, possessing) is 갖아요 in the polite 해요체, 갖습니다 in formal 합니다체, 갖아 in casual 반말 and 갖는다 in the plain written style. The past is 갖았어요.

What is the past tense of 갖다?

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

Is 갖다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 갖습니다, 갖아, 갖으니 all keep 갖 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 갖다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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