겨루다

to compete (with), to pit (one's skills against)

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier: 겨루는
아/어Infinitive: 겨뤄
-으니Since: 겨루니
합니다Formal: 겨룹니다

Present

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	겨뤄요	겨룹니다	겨뤄	겨룬다

Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	겨뤘어요	겨뤘습니다	겨뤘어	겨뤘다

Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	겨루겠어요	겨루겠습니다	겨루겠어	겨루겠다
-을 것이다Going to	겨룰 거예요	겨룰 것입니다	겨룰 거야	겨룰 것이다

Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	겨뤄요?	겨룹니까?	겨뤄?	겨루니?
과거Past	겨뤘어요?	겨뤘습니까?	겨뤘어?	겨뤘니?

Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	겨루세요	겨루십시오	겨뤄	겨뤄라
청유Let's	겨뤄요	겨룹시다	겨뤄	겨루자

Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 겨뤄요	안 겨룹니다	안 겨뤄	안 겨룬다
-지 않다Not (long)	겨루지 않아요	겨루지 않습니다	겨루지 않아	겨루지 않는다
못Cannot	못 겨뤄요	못 겨룹니다	못 겨뤄	못 겨룬다

Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	겨루세요	겨루십니다	겨루셔	겨루신다
과거Past	겨루셨어요	겨루셨습니다	겨루셨어	겨루셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present: 겨루는
과거Past: 겨룬
미래Future: 겨룰
회상Used to: 겨루던

Joining clauses

-고and: 겨루고
-게-ly / so that: 겨루게
-어서so / and then: 겨뤄서
-으니까since: 겨루니까
-으면if / when: 겨루면
-지만but: 겨루지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 겨루는데
-어도even if: 겨뤄도

In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	겨루고 있어요	겨루고 있습니다	겨루고 있어	겨루고 있다
과거Was doing	겨루고 있었어요	겨루고 있었습니다	겨루고 있었어	겨루고 있었다

Sentence patterns

1이 (2와) 3을 겨루다

In real sentences

정부와 기업이 힘 겨루기를 할텐데 우리는 어디에 있을까요?

Because governments and businesses will fight over this power game, but where are we?

이 두 팀이 겨루면 누가 이길까요?

Now, which one is going to win in a playoff?

형사님과 성경적 지식에 대해 겨루지 않겠습니다

I'm not gonna try to match biblical knowledge with you.

이것과 겨룰 수는 없으니 받아들이고 이것과 함께 일할 방법을 찾으세요.

You can't fight it, so embrace it and find a way to work with it.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겨루다 in Korean?

겨루다 (to compete (with), to pit (one's skills against)) is 겨뤄요 in the polite 해요체, 겨룹니다 in formal 합니다체, 겨뤄 in casual 반말 and 겨룬다 in the plain written style. The past is 겨뤘어요.

What is the past tense of 겨루다?

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

Is 겨루다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 겨룹니다, 겨뤄, 겨루니 all keep 겨루 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 겨루다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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