집착하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be obsessed

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 집착하다 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
집착하는
아/어Infinitive
집착하
-으니Since
집착하니
합니다Formal
집착합니다

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 집착하요집착합니다집착하집착한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 집착핬어요집착핬습니다집착핬어집착핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 집착하겠어요집착하겠습니다집착하겠어집착하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 집착할 거예요집착할 것입니다집착할 거야집착할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집착하요?집착합니까?집착하?집착하니?
과거Past 집착핬어요?집착핬습니까?집착핬어?집착핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 집착하세요집착하십시오집착하집착하라
청유Let's 집착하요집착합시다집착하집착하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 집착하요안 집착합니다안 집착하안 집착한다
-지 않다Not (long) 집착하지 않아요집착하지 않습니다집착하지 않아집착하지 않는다
Cannot 못 집착하요못 집착합니다못 집착하못 집착한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집착하세요집착하십니다집착하셔집착하신다
과거Past 집착하셨어요집착하셨습니다집착하셨어집착하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
집착하는
과거Past
집착한
미래Future
집착할
회상Used to
집착하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
집착하고
-게-ly / so that
집착하게
-어서so / and then
집착하서
-으니까since
집착하니까
-으면if / when
집착하면
-지만but
집착하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
집착하는데
-어도even if
집착하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 집착하고 있어요집착하고 있습니다집착하고 있어집착하고 있다
과거Was doing 집착하고 있었어요집착하고 있었습니다집착하고 있었어집착하고 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.

올바르게 행동하는 데 집착하죠.

Hooked on being right.

고통을 잊기 위해서 먹는데 집착하게 됐죠.

I started to use food to numb my pain.

그들은 음식에 집착하죠.

So, we're obsessed with food.

제가 좀 집착하긴 하죠.

Anyway, I'm clearly obsessed.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 집착하다 in Korean?

집착하다 (to be obsessed) is 집착하요 in the polite 해요체, 집착합니다 in formal 합니다체, 집착하 in casual 반말 and 집착한다 in the plain written style. The past is 집착핬어요.

What is the past tense of 집착하다?

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

Is 집착하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 집착합니다, 집착하, 집착하니 all keep 집착하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 집착하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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