걷잡다 Korean verb conjugation

to control, to restrain

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 걷잡다 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
걷잡는
아/어Infinitive
걷잡아
-으니Since
걷잡으니
합니다Formal
걷잡습니다

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 걷잡아요걷잡습니다걷잡아걷잡는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걷잡았어요걷잡았습니다걷잡았어걷잡았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 걷잡겠어요걷잡겠습니다걷잡겠어걷잡겠다
-을 것이다Going to 걷잡을 거예요걷잡을 것입니다걷잡을 거야걷잡을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷잡아요?걷잡습니까?걷잡아?걷잡니?
과거Past 걷잡았어요?걷잡았습니까?걷잡았어?걷잡았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 걷잡으세요걷잡으십시오걷잡아걷잡아라
청유Let's 걷잡아요걷잡읍시다걷잡아걷잡자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 걷잡아요안 걷잡습니다안 걷잡아안 걷잡는다
-지 않다Not (long) 걷잡지 않아요걷잡지 않습니다걷잡지 않아걷잡지 않는다
Cannot 못 걷잡아요못 걷잡습니다못 걷잡아못 걷잡는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷잡으세요걷잡으십니다걷잡으셔걷잡으신다
과거Past 걷잡으셨어요걷잡으셨습니다걷잡으셨어걷잡으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
걷잡는
과거Past
걷잡은
미래Future
걷잡을
회상Used to
걷잡던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
걷잡고
-게-ly / so that
걷잡게
-어서so / and then
걷잡아서
-으니까since
걷잡으니까
-으면if / when
걷잡으면
-지만but
걷잡지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
걷잡는데
-어도even if
걷잡아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 걷잡고 있어요걷잡고 있습니다걷잡고 있어걷잡고 있다
과거Was doing 걷잡고 있었어요걷잡고 있었습니다걷잡고 있었어걷잡고 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.

물론 걷잡을 수 없는 불균등도 겪을 겁니다.

And, of course, soaring levels of inequality.

도시의 걷잡을 수 없는 변화와 환경 악화에 갇혀있는 건 아닐까요?

Are we stuck with rampant urban displacement, with environmental degradation?

걷잡을 수 없게 되려고?

To become unstoppable?

일이 걷잡을 수의 사람을 밖으로 가지고.

Things got out of control, man.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 걷잡다 in Korean?

걷잡다 (to control, to restrain) is 걷잡아요 in the polite 해요체, 걷잡습니다 in formal 합니다체, 걷잡아 in casual 반말 and 걷잡는다 in the plain written style. The past is 걷잡았어요.

What is the past tense of 걷잡다?

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

Is 걷잡다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 걷잡습니다, 걷잡아, 걷잡으니 all keep 걷잡 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 걷잡다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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