겁나다

to be seized with fear

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
겁나는
아/어Infinitive
겁나
-으니Since
겁나니
합니다Formal
겁납니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겁나요겁납니다겁나겁난다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겁났어요겁났습니다겁났어겁났다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 겁나겠어요겁나겠습니다겁나겠어겁나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 겁날 거예요겁날 것입니다겁날 거야겁날 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겁나요?겁납니까?겁나?겁나니?
과거Past 겁났어요?겁났습니까?겁났어?겁났니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 겁나세요겁나십시오겁나겁나라
청유Let's 겁나요겁납시다겁나겁나자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 겁나요안 겁납니다안 겁나안 겁난다
-지 않다Not (long) 겁나지 않아요겁나지 않습니다겁나지 않아겁나지 않는다
못Cannot 못 겁나요못 겁납니다못 겁나못 겁난다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겁나세요겁나십니다겁나셔겁나신다
과거Past 겁나셨어요겁나셨습니다겁나셨어겁나셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
겁나는
과거Past
겁난
미래Future
겁날
회상Used to
겁나던

Joining clauses

-고and
겁나고
-게-ly / so that
겁나게
-어서so / and then
겁나서
-으니까since
겁나니까
-으면if / when
겁나면
-지만but
겁나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
겁나는데
-어도even if
겁나도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 겁나고 있어요겁나고 있습니다겁나고 있어겁나고 있다
과거Was doing 겁나고 있었어요겁나고 있었습니다겁나고 있었어겁나고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

마시던 잔을 내려놓기가 겁나고

We're afraid to put down our drinks.

저를 초대했는데 저는 늘 가기가 겁났습니다.

They've invited me. I've always been scared to go.

CA: 우리 모두를 겁나게 해주셔서 감사합니다.

Thank you for scaring the living daylights out of us. Thank you, Ralph.

회의에서 말을 너무 많이하거나 너무 적게 할까 겁나고

We're afraid to speak too much or too little in a meeting.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겁나다 in Korean?

겁나다 (to be seized with fear) is 겁나요 in the polite 해요체, 겁납니다 in formal 합니다체, 겁나 in casual 반말 and 겁난다 in the plain written style. The past is 겁났어요.

What is the past tense of 겁나다?

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

Is 겁나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 겁납니다, 겁나, 겁나니 all keep 겁나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 겁나다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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