긷다

scooping up water using a ladle or scoop

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
긷는
아/어Infinitive
길어
-으니Since
길으니
합니다Formal
긷습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 길어요긷습니다길어긷는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 길었어요길었습니다길었어길었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 긷겠어요긷겠습니다긷겠어긷겠다
-을 것이다Going to 길을 거예요길을 것입니다길을 거야길을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 길어요?긷습니까?길어?긷니?
과거Past 길었어요?길었습니까?길었어?길었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 길으세요길으십시오길어길어라
청유Let's 길어요길읍시다길어긷자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 길어요안 긷습니다안 길어안 긷는다
-지 않다Not (long) 긷지 않아요긷지 않습니다긷지 않아긷지 않는다
못Cannot 못 길어요못 긷습니다못 길어못 긷는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 길으세요길으십니다길으셔길으신다
과거Past 길으셨어요길으셨습니다길으셨어길으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
긷는
과거Past
길은
미래Future
길을
회상Used to
긷던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 긷고 있어요긷고 있습니다긷고 있어긷고 있다
과거Was doing 긷고 있었어요긷고 있었습니다긷고 있었어긷고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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