걸맞다

to be suitable, to be worthy of

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
걸맞은
아/어Infinitive
걸맞아
-으니Since
걸맞으니
합니다Formal
걸맞습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걸맞아요걸맞습니다걸맞아걸맞다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걸맞았어요걸맞았습니다걸맞았어걸맞았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 걸맞겠어요걸맞겠습니다걸맞겠어걸맞겠다
-을 것이다Going to 걸맞을 거예요걸맞을 것입니다걸맞을 거야걸맞을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걸맞아요?걸맞습니까?걸맞아?걸맞으니?
과거Past 걸맞았어요?걸맞았습니까?걸맞았어?걸맞았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 걸맞아요안 걸맞습니다안 걸맞아안 걸맞다
-지 않다Not (long) 걸맞지 않아요걸맞지 않습니다걸맞지 않아걸맞지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걸맞으세요걸맞으십니다걸맞으셔걸맞으시다
과거Past 걸맞으셨어요걸맞으셨습니다걸맞으셨어걸맞으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
걸맞은
과거Past
걸맞은
미래Future
걸맞을
회상Used to
걸맞던

Joining clauses

-고and
걸맞고
-게-ly / so that
걸맞게
-어서so / and then
걸맞아서
-으니까since
걸맞으니까
-으면if / when
걸맞으면
-지만but
걸맞지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
걸맞은데
-어도even if
걸맞아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

난 그대에게 걸맞지 않았지

I wasn't important enough for you.

또 난 이 일에 걸맞는 자를 알고 있지

And I know the perfect man for the job.

사실 제가 당신을 제 팀에 걸맞는 사람인지 심사해야해요

Technically, I should be the one auditioning you to see if I want any of you to be on my team.

그러나 제가 그 말에 걸맞게 성장하기까지 거의 10년이 걸렸습니다.

But it'd take me almost a decade to grow into those words.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 걸맞다 in Korean?

걸맞다 (to be suitable, to be worthy of) is 걸맞아요 in the polite 해요체, 걸맞습니다 in formal 합니다체, 걸맞아 in casual 반말 and 걸맞다 in the plain written style. The past is 걸맞았어요.

What is the past tense of 걸맞다?

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

Is 걸맞다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 걸맞습니다, 걸맞아, 걸맞으니 all keep 걸맞 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 걸맞다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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