곧다

to be straight

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
곧은
아/어Infinitive
곧아
-으니Since
곧으니
합니다Formal
곧습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 곧아요곧습니다곧아곧다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 곧았어요곧았습니다곧았어곧았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 곧겠어요곧겠습니다곧겠어곧겠다
-을 것이다Going to 곧을 거예요곧을 것입니다곧을 거야곧을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곧아요?곧습니까?곧아?곧으니?
과거Past 곧았어요?곧았습니까?곧았어?곧았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 곧아요안 곧습니다안 곧아안 곧다
-지 않다Not (long) 곧지 않아요곧지 않습니다곧지 않아곧지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곧으세요곧으십니다곧으셔곧으시다
과거Past 곧으셨어요곧으셨습니다곧으셨어곧으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
곧은
과거Past
곧은
미래Future
곧을
회상Used to
곧던

Joining clauses

-고and
곧고
-게-ly / so that
곧게
-어서so / and then
곧아서
-으니까since
곧으니까
-으면if / when
곧으면
-지만but
곧지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
곧은데
-어도even if
곧아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그래서 저도 몸을 직선으로 곧게 펴고 뒤로 기울여 넘어졌습니다.

So I made my body into a perfect line and tilted back.

굽은 길이 곧아질 것이요

The winding roads must be made straight.

최대한 곧게 그리고 있습니다

I'm trying my best to draw it straight.

곧은 직선을 그리기 위해 이 선을 사용할 거예요.

I'll use this line so I get straight lines.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 곧다 in Korean?

곧다 (to be straight) is 곧아요 in the polite 해요체, 곧습니다 in formal 합니다체, 곧아 in casual 반말 and 곧다 in the plain written style. The past is 곧았어요.

What is the past tense of 곧다?

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

Is 곧다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 곧습니다, 곧아, 곧으니 all keep 곧 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 곧다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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