거머쥐다

to seize, grab

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거머쥐는
아/어Infinitive
거머쥐어
-으니Since
거머쥐니
합니다Formal
거머쥡니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거머쥐어요거머쥡니다거머쥐어거머쥔다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거머쥐었어요거머쥐었습니다거머쥐었어거머쥐었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거머쥐겠어요거머쥐겠습니다거머쥐겠어거머쥐겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거머쥘 거예요거머쥘 것입니다거머쥘 거야거머쥘 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거머쥐어요?거머쥡니까?거머쥐어?거머쥐니?
과거Past 거머쥐었어요?거머쥐었습니까?거머쥐었어?거머쥐었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거머쥐세요거머쥐십시오거머쥐어거머쥐어라
청유Let's 거머쥐어요거머쥡시다거머쥐어거머쥐자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거머쥐어요안 거머쥡니다안 거머쥐어안 거머쥔다
-지 않다Not (long) 거머쥐지 않아요거머쥐지 않습니다거머쥐지 않아거머쥐지 않는다
못Cannot 못 거머쥐어요못 거머쥡니다못 거머쥐어못 거머쥔다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거머쥐세요거머쥐십니다거머쥐셔거머쥐신다
과거Past 거머쥐셨어요거머쥐셨습니다거머쥐셨어거머쥐셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거머쥐는
과거Past
거머쥔
미래Future
거머쥘
회상Used to
거머쥐던

Joining clauses

-고and
거머쥐고
-게-ly / so that
거머쥐게
-어서so / and then
거머쥐어서
-으니까since
거머쥐니까
-으면if / when
거머쥐면
-지만but
거머쥐지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거머쥐는데
-어도even if
거머쥐어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거머쥐고 있어요거머쥐고 있습니다거머쥐고 있어거머쥐고 있다
과거Was doing 거머쥐고 있었어요거머쥐고 있었습니다거머쥐고 있었어거머쥐고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그래서 그것들을 거머쥐기 위해 우리는 미친 듯이 싸운다

So we fight like hell to get those things.

2008년 6월에 쿠비카는 캐나다 그랑프리에서 첫 F1 승리를 거머쥐면서 F1 경주를 우승한 최초의 폴란드 드라이버가 되었다.

In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden Formula One victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the first Polish driver to win a Formula One race.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거머쥐다 in Korean?

거머쥐다 (to seize, grab) is 거머쥐어요 in the polite 해요체, 거머쥡니다 in formal 합니다체, 거머쥐어 in casual 반말 and 거머쥔다 in the plain written style. The past is 거머쥐었어요.

What is the past tense of 거머쥐다?

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

Is 거머쥐다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 거머쥡니다, 거머쥐어, 거머쥐니 all keep 거머쥐 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 거머쥐다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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