건지다

to obtain, to retrieve

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
건지는
아/어Infinitive
건져
-으니Since
건지니
합니다Formal
건집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건져요건집니다건져건진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건졌어요건졌습니다건졌어건졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 건지겠어요건지겠습니다건지겠어건지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 건질 거예요건질 것입니다건질 거야건질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건져요?건집니까?건져?건지니?
과거Past 건졌어요?건졌습니까?건졌어?건졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 건지세요건지십시오건져건져라
청유Let's 건져요건집시다건져건지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 건져요안 건집니다안 건져안 건진다
-지 않다Not (long) 건지지 않아요건지지 않습니다건지지 않아건지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 건져요못 건집니다못 건져못 건진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건지세요건지십니다건지셔건지신다
과거Past 건지셨어요건지셨습니다건지셨어건지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
건지는
과거Past
건진
미래Future
건질
회상Used to
건지던

Joining clauses

-고and
건지고
-게-ly / so that
건지게
-어서so / and then
건져서
-으니까since
건지니까
-으면if / when
건지면
-지만but
건지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
건지는데
-어도even if
건져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 건지고 있어요건지고 있습니다건지고 있어건지고 있다
과거Was doing 건지고 있었어요건지고 있었습니다건지고 있었어건지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

건질 수 있는 건 건지고 남은 건 버리라는 거였죠.

Harvest what you can, throw away what's left.

진짜 남자나 그런 여자를 건지지.

It takes a real man to hook a woman like that.

건지려고 다시 돌아가지 못하니까.

Hard to turn around and pick you up.

술 찾으러 갔었는데 당신이 건졌나 보네

I only came to get the last of the supplies but I see you found them.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 건지다 in Korean?

건지다 (to obtain, to retrieve) is 건져요 in the polite 해요체, 건집니다 in formal 합니다체, 건져 in casual 반말 and 건진다 in the plain written style. The past is 건졌어요.

What is the past tense of 건지다?

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

Is 건지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 건집니다, 건져, 건지니 all keep 건지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 건지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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