있다

to be (in a place)

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
있는
아/어Infinitive
있어
-으니Since
있으니
합니다Formal
있습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 있어요있습니다있어있다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 있었어요있었습니다있었어있었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 있겠어요있겠습니다있겠어있겠다
-을 것이다Going to 있을 거예요있을 것입니다있을 거야있을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 있어요?있습니까?있어?있으니?
과거Past 있었어요?있었습니까?있었어?있었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 있어요안 있습니다안 있어안 있다
-지 않다Not (long) 있지 않아요있지 않습니다있지 않아있지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 있으세요있으십니다있으셔있으시다
과거Past 있으셨어요있으셨습니다있으셨어있으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
있는
과거Past
있은
미래Future
있을
회상Used to
있던

Joining clauses

-고and
있고
-게-ly / so that
있게
-어서so / and then
있어서
-으니까since
있으니까
-으면if / when
있으면
-지만but
있지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
있는데
-어도even if
있어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

뉴욕은 미국에 있다.

New York is in the United States.

톰은 보스턴에 있어야 했는데.

Tom should've stayed in Boston.

아캄에 있는 것입니다

It's in Arkham.

봐야할 것이 있어

There's something you need to see.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 있다 in Korean?

있다 (to be (in a place)) is 있어요 in the polite 해요체, 있습니다 in formal 합니다체, 있어 in casual 반말 and 있다 in the plain written style. The past is 있었어요.

What is the past tense of 있다?

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

Is 있다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 있습니다, 있어, 있으니 all keep 있 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 있다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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