길들이다 Korean verb conjugation

to tame

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 길들이다 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
길들이는
아/어Infinitive
길들여
-으니Since
길들이니
합니다Formal
길들입니다

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 길들여요길들입니다길들여길들인다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 길들였어요길들였습니다길들였어길들였다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 길들이겠어요길들이겠습니다길들이겠어길들이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 길들일 거예요길들일 것입니다길들일 거야길들일 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 길들여요?길들입니까?길들여?길들이니?
과거Past 길들였어요?길들였습니까?길들였어?길들였니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 길들이세요길들이십시오길들여길들여라
청유Let's 길들여요길들입시다길들여길들이자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 길들여요안 길들입니다안 길들여안 길들인다
-지 않다Not (long) 길들이지 않아요길들이지 않습니다길들이지 않아길들이지 않는다
Cannot 못 길들여요못 길들입니다못 길들여못 길들인다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 길들이세요길들이십니다길들이셔길들이신다
과거Past 길들이셨어요길들이셨습니다길들이셨어길들이셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
길들이는
과거Past
길들인
미래Future
길들일
회상Used to
길들이던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
길들이고
-게-ly / so that
길들이게
-어서so / and then
길들여서
-으니까since
길들이니까
-으면if / when
길들이면
-지만but
길들이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
길들이는데
-어도even if
길들여도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 길들이고 있어요길들이고 있습니다길들이고 있어길들이고 있다
과거Was doing 길들이고 있었어요길들이고 있었습니다길들이고 있었어길들이고 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.

개와는 대조적으로, 고양이는 최근이 되어서야 길들여졌다.

In contrast to the dog, the cat has become domesticated only in recent times.

거친 여성들은 길들여지지 않으니.

For wild women are not to be tamed.

좋아하도록 길들여진 전투 말이에요.

Combat they did learn to like.

소설만이 그것을 길들여서 식탁으로 초대하죠.

Fiction alone domesticates it, invites it to the table.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 길들이다 in Korean?

길들이다 (to tame) is 길들여요 in the polite 해요체, 길들입니다 in formal 합니다체, 길들여 in casual 반말 and 길들인다 in the plain written style. The past is 길들였어요.

What is the past tense of 길들이다?

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

Is 길들이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 길들입니다, 길들여, 길들이니 all keep 길들이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 길들이다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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