걷다 Korean verb conjugation

to walk

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 걷다 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
걷는
아/어Infinitive
걷어
-으니Since
걷으니
합니다Formal
걷습니다

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 걷어요걷습니다걷어걷는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걷었어요걷었습니다걷었어걷었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 걷겠어요걷겠습니다걷겠어걷겠다
-을 것이다Going to 걷을 거예요걷을 것입니다걷을 거야걷을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷어요?걷습니까?걷어?걷니?
과거Past 걷었어요?걷었습니까?걷었어?걷었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 걷으세요걷으십시오걷어걷어라
청유Let's 걷어요걷읍시다걷어걷자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 걷어요안 걷습니다안 걷어안 걷는다
-지 않다Not (long) 걷지 않아요걷지 않습니다걷지 않아걷지 않는다
Cannot 못 걷어요못 걷습니다못 걷어못 걷는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷으세요걷으십니다걷으셔걷으신다
과거Past 걷으셨어요걷으셨습니다걷으셨어걷으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
걷는
과거Past
걷은
미래Future
걷을
회상Used to
걷던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
걷고
-게-ly / so that
걷게
-어서so / and then
걷어서
-으니까since
걷으니까
-으면if / when
걷으면
-지만but
걷지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
걷는데
-어도even if
걷어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 걷고 있어요걷고 있습니다걷고 있어걷고 있다
과거Was doing 걷고 있었어요걷고 있었습니다걷고 있었어걷고 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.

갑자기 땅이 열리더니 백소정이 걸어나왔습니다.

Suddenly, the ground opened and Bai Su Zhen stepped out.

그는 두 시간 동안 더 걸었다.

He went on walking for two hours.

차가 있으면서 왜 걸어다니십니까?

Why do you walk when you have a car?

계속해서 걷기만 하는 것에 말이죠.

This walking went on for weeks.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 걷다 in Korean?

걷다 (to walk) is 걷어요 in the polite 해요체, 걷습니다 in formal 합니다체, 걷어 in casual 반말 and 걷는다 in the plain written style. The past is 걷었어요.

What is the past tense of 걷다?

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

Is 걷다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 걷습니다, 걷어, 걷으니 all keep 걷 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 걷다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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