겪다

to experience

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
겪는
아/어Infinitive
겪어
-으니Since
겪으니
합니다Formal
겪습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겪어요겪습니다겪어겪는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겪었어요겪었습니다겪었어겪었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 겪겠어요겪겠습니다겪겠어겪겠다
-을 것이다Going to 겪을 거예요겪을 것입니다겪을 거야겪을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겪어요?겪습니까?겪어?겪니?
과거Past 겪었어요?겪었습니까?겪었어?겪었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 겪으세요겪으십시오겪어겪어라
청유Let's 겪어요겪읍시다겪어겪자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 겪어요안 겪습니다안 겪어안 겪는다
-지 않다Not (long) 겪지 않아요겪지 않습니다겪지 않아겪지 않는다
못Cannot 못 겪어요못 겪습니다못 겪어못 겪는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겪으세요겪으십니다겪으셔겪으신다
과거Past 겪으셨어요겪으셨습니다겪으셨어겪으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
겪는
과거Past
겪은
미래Future
겪을
회상Used to
겪던

Joining clauses

-고and
겪고
-게-ly / so that
겪게
-어서so / and then
겪어서
-으니까since
겪으니까
-으면if / when
겪으면
-지만but
겪지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
겪는데
-어도even if
겪어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 겪고 있어요겪고 있습니다겪고 있어겪고 있다
과거Was doing 겪고 있었어요겪고 있었습니다겪고 있었어겪고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우리는 톰이 겪고있는 것을 알고 있다.

We know what Tom is going through.

데자뷰를 겪어 본 적이 있나요?

Have you experienced déjà vu?

당신이 겪은 변화는 무엇이 있을까요?

What are some other metamorphoses that you've had?

그들은 물론 힘든 일도 많이 겪었지만

Sure, they had their struggles.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겪다 in Korean?

겪다 (to experience) is 겪어요 in the polite 해요체, 겪습니다 in formal 합니다체, 겪어 in casual 반말 and 겪는다 in the plain written style. The past is 겪었어요.

What is the past tense of 겪다?

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

Is 겪다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 겪습니다, 겪어, 겪으니 all keep 겪 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 겪다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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