갖다 Korean verb conjugation

having, possessing

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 갖다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
갖는
아/어Infinitive
갖아
-으니Since
갖으니
합니다Formal
갖습니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖아요갖습니다갖아갖는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 갖았어요갖았습니다갖았어갖았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

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

의문Questions

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

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 갖으세요갖으십시오갖아갖아라
청유Let's 갖아요갖읍시다갖아갖자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 갖아요안 갖습니다안 갖아안 갖는다
-지 않다Not (long) 갖지 않아요갖지 않습니다갖지 않아갖지 않는다
Cannot 못 갖아요못 갖습니다못 갖아못 갖는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 갖으세요갖으십니다갖으셔갖으신다
과거Past 갖으셨어요갖으셨습니다갖으셨어갖으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
갖는
과거Past
갖은
미래Future
갖을
회상Used to
갖던

연결Joining 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

진행In progress

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

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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