기다 Korean verb conjugation

to crawl

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 기다 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
기는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
기니
합니다Formal
깁니다

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 겨요깁니다긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겼어요겼습니다겼어겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 기겠어요기겠습니다기겠어기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 길 거예요길 것입니다길 거야길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겨요?깁니까?겨?기니?
과거Past 겼어요?겼습니까?겼어?겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 기세요기십시오겨라
청유Let's 겨요깁시다기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 겨요안 깁니다안 겨안 긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 기지 않아요기지 않습니다기지 않아기지 않는다
Cannot 못 겨요못 깁니다못 겨못 긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 기세요기십니다기셔기신다
과거Past 기셨어요기셨습니다기셨어기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
기는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
기고
-게-ly / so that
기게
-어서so / and then
겨서
-으니까since
기니까
-으면if / when
기면
-지만but
기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
기는데
-어도even if
겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 기고 있어요기고 있습니다기고 있어기고 있다
과거Was doing 기고 있었어요기고 있었습니다기고 있었어기고 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.

여기 벽을 기어 오르는 생물이 있는데

Here's an animal climbing up a wall.

자신의 아들 윌리엄이 거실 바닥을 기어다닐 때

And then, the book about the development of the human infant.

이기 니 이름가?

Is this your name?

고저 이 아주마니 웃기시는구만 기래!

Hey this lady, she's funny like that!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 기다 in Korean?

기다 (to crawl) is 겨요 in the polite 해요체, 깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 겨 in casual 반말 and 긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 겼어요.

What is the past tense of 기다?

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

Is 기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 깁니다, 겨, 기니 all keep 기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 기다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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