건네다 Korean verb conjugation

to hand over

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 건네다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
건네는
아/어Infinitive
건네
-으니Since
건네니
합니다Formal
건넵니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건네요건넵니다건네건넨다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건넸어요건넸습니다건넸어건넸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 건네겠어요건네겠습니다건네겠어건네겠다
-을 것이다Going to 건넬 거예요건넬 것입니다건넬 거야건넬 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건네요?건넵니까?건네?건네니?
과거Past 건넸어요?건넸습니까?건넸어?건넸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 건네세요건네십시오건네건네라
청유Let's 건네요건넵시다건네건네자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 건네요안 건넵니다안 건네안 건넨다
-지 않다Not (long) 건네지 않아요건네지 않습니다건네지 않아건네지 않는다
Cannot 못 건네요못 건넵니다못 건네못 건넨다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건네세요건네십니다건네셔건네신다
과거Past 건네셨어요건네셨습니다건네셨어건네셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
건네는
과거Past
건넨
미래Future
건넬
회상Used to
건네던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
건네고
-게-ly / so that
건네게
-어서so / and then
건네서
-으니까since
건네니까
-으면if / when
건네면
-지만but
건네지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
건네는데
-어도even if
건네도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 건네고 있어요건네고 있습니다건네고 있어건네고 있다
과거Was doing 건네고 있었어요건네고 있었습니다건네고 있었어건네고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

소금 좀 건네줄래?

Would you pass me the salt, please?

눈을 마주치고, 인사를 건네고 도움을 주고, 이야기를 듣습니다.

I make eye contact, say hello, I offer help, I listen.

그는 그 여자에게 인사를 건넸다.

He said hello to the woman.

그럼 물잔을 건네주는 기계는 어떨까요?

So what about a machine that hands you a glass of water?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 건네다 in Korean?

건네다 (to hand over) is 건네요 in the polite 해요체, 건넵니다 in formal 합니다체, 건네 in casual 반말 and 건넨다 in the plain written style. The past is 건넸어요.

What is the past tense of 건네다?

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

Is 건네다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 건넵니다, 건네, 건네니 all keep 건네 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 건네다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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