긷다 Korean verb conjugation
scooping up water using a ladle or scoop
Every form of 긷다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄷ irregular — ㄷ becomes ㄹ before a vowel: 듣다 → 들어요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 긷는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 길어
- -으니Since
- 길으니
- 합니다Formal
- 긷습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 길어요 | 긷습니다 | 길어 | 긷는다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 길었어요 | 길었습니다 | 길었어 | 길었다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 긷겠어요 | 긷겠습니다 | 긷겠어 | 긷겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 길을 거예요 | 길을 것입니다 | 길을 거야 | 길을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 길어요? | 긷습니까? | 길어? | 긷니? |
| 과거Past | 길었어요? | 길었습니까? | 길었어? | 길었니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 길으세요 | 길으십시오 | 길어 | 길어라 |
| 청유Let's | 길어요 | 길읍시다 | 길어 | 긷자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 길어요 | 안 긷습니다 | 안 길어 | 안 긷는다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 긷지 않아요 | 긷지 않습니다 | 긷지 않아 | 긷지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 길어요 | 못 긷습니다 | 못 길어 | 못 긷는다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 길으세요 | 길으십니다 | 길으셔 | 길으신다 |
| 과거Past | 길으셨어요 | 길으셨습니다 | 길으셨어 | 길으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 긷는
- 과거Past
- 길은
- 미래Future
- 길을
- 회상Used to
- 긷던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 긷고
- -게-ly / so that
- 긷게
- -어서so / and then
- 길어서
- -으니까since
- 길으니까
- -으면if / when
- 길으면
- -지만but
- 긷지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 긷는데
- -어도even if
- 길어도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 긷고 있어요 | 긷고 있습니다 | 긷고 있어 | 긷고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 긷고 있었어요 | 긷고 있었습니다 | 긷고 있었어 | 긷고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 긷다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
근처 개울에서 물을 길어와야 했어요.
We trekked to fetch water from the nearby streams.
나일 강물을 길어 쓰기 위해서 부족 간 전투가 일어난거죠.
Communities would fight each other as they took water along the Nile.
망할 놈, 물 한 동이 긷는 데 쩔쩔매?
Child, hurry with that water, God! Wait in this house!
물을 길어와야 할 때는 그녀는 계속 바닥만 봐야 합니다.
When it's her turn to collect the water, she keeps her eyes lowered to the ground.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 긷다 in Korean?
긷다 (scooping up water using a ladle or scoop) is 길어요 in the polite 해요체, 긷습니다 in formal 합니다체, 길어 in casual 반말 and 긷는다 in the plain written style. The past is 길었어요.
What is the past tense of 긷다?
길었어요 in everyday polite speech, 길었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 길어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 긷다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㄷ irregular (ㄷ 불규칙). ㄷ becomes ㄹ before a vowel: 듣다 → 들어요. That is why the stem looks different in 길어 and 길으니 but unchanged in 긷습니다.
What TOPIK level is 긷다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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