구하다 Korean verb conjugation

to save, to rescue

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 구하다 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
구하는
아/어Infinitive
구하
-으니Since
구하니
합니다Formal
구합니다

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 구하요구합니다구하구한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 구핬어요구핬습니다구핬어구핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 구하겠어요구하겠습니다구하겠어구하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 구할 거예요구할 것입니다구할 거야구할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 구하요?구합니까?구하?구하니?
과거Past 구핬어요?구핬습니까?구핬어?구핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 구하세요구하십시오구하구하라
청유Let's 구하요구합시다구하구하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 구하요안 구합니다안 구하안 구한다
-지 않다Not (long) 구하지 않아요구하지 않습니다구하지 않아구하지 않는다
Cannot 못 구하요못 구합니다못 구하못 구한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 구하세요구하십니다구하셔구하신다
과거Past 구하셨어요구하셨습니다구하셨어구하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
구하는
과거Past
구한
미래Future
구할
회상Used to
구하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
구하고
-게-ly / so that
구하게
-어서so / and then
구하서
-으니까since
구하니까
-으면if / when
구하면
-지만but
구하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
구하는데
-어도even if
구하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 구하고 있어요구하고 있습니다구하고 있어구하고 있다
과거Was doing 구하고 있었어요구하고 있었습니다구하고 있었어구하고 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.

저는 정보를 구하러 갔고

I went to get in formation.

이제 세계를 구하러 갑시다.

Now it's time to free the rest of the world.

이 재료들은 어디서 구하죠?

Where are we going to get this material from?

이것을 최고의 가치로서 구합니다.

We tend to hold perfectionism up as an insignia of worth.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 구하다 in Korean?

구하다 (to save, to rescue) is 구하요 in the polite 해요체, 구합니다 in formal 합니다체, 구하 in casual 반말 and 구한다 in the plain written style. The past is 구핬어요.

What is the past tense of 구하다?

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

Is 구하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 구합니다, 구하, 구하니 all keep 구하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 구하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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