걸터앉다

to sit on the edge, to perch

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
걸터앉는
아/어Infinitive
걸터앉아
-으니Since
걸터앉으니
합니다Formal
걸터앉습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걸터앉아요걸터앉습니다걸터앉아걸터앉는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걸터앉았어요걸터앉았습니다걸터앉았어걸터앉았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 걸터앉겠어요걸터앉겠습니다걸터앉겠어걸터앉겠다
-을 것이다Going to 걸터앉을 거예요걸터앉을 것입니다걸터앉을 거야걸터앉을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걸터앉아요?걸터앉습니까?걸터앉아?걸터앉니?
과거Past 걸터앉았어요?걸터앉았습니까?걸터앉았어?걸터앉았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 걸터앉으세요걸터앉으십시오걸터앉아걸터앉아라
청유Let's 걸터앉아요걸터앉읍시다걸터앉아걸터앉자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 걸터앉아요안 걸터앉습니다안 걸터앉아안 걸터앉는다
-지 않다Not (long) 걸터앉지 않아요걸터앉지 않습니다걸터앉지 않아걸터앉지 않는다
못Cannot 못 걸터앉아요못 걸터앉습니다못 걸터앉아못 걸터앉는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걸터앉으세요걸터앉으십니다걸터앉으셔걸터앉으신다
과거Past 걸터앉으셨어요걸터앉으셨습니다걸터앉으셨어걸터앉으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
걸터앉는
과거Past
걸터앉은
미래Future
걸터앉을
회상Used to
걸터앉던

Joining clauses

-고and
걸터앉고
-게-ly / so that
걸터앉게
-어서so / and then
걸터앉아서
-으니까since
걸터앉으니까
-으면if / when
걸터앉으면
-지만but
걸터앉지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
걸터앉는데
-어도even if
걸터앉아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 걸터앉고 있어요걸터앉고 있습니다걸터앉고 있어걸터앉고 있다
과거Was doing 걸터앉고 있었어요걸터앉고 있었습니다걸터앉고 있었어걸터앉고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 침대에 걸터앉아 베개를 머리 뒤에 대고 생각했습니다. 전적으로 인종차별을 목적으로 한 것인지 모르겠습니다.

And I sat up in my bed, and I put the pillow behind my head, and then I thought, I'm not entirely sure that joke was intended to be racist.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 걸터앉다 in Korean?

걸터앉다 (to sit on the edge, to perch) is 걸터앉아요 in the polite 해요체, 걸터앉습니다 in formal 합니다체, 걸터앉아 in casual 반말 and 걸터앉는다 in the plain written style. The past is 걸터앉았어요.

What is the past tense of 걸터앉다?

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

Is 걸터앉다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 걸터앉습니다, 걸터앉아, 걸터앉으니 all keep 걸터앉 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 걸터앉다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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