집다 Korean verb conjugation

to pick up

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 집다 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
집는
아/어Infinitive
집어
-으니Since
집으니
합니다Formal
집습니다

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 집어요집습니다집어집는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 집었어요집었습니다집었어집었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 집겠어요집겠습니다집겠어집겠다
-을 것이다Going to 집을 거예요집을 것입니다집을 거야집을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집어요?집습니까?집어?집니?
과거Past 집었어요?집었습니까?집었어?집었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 집으세요집으십시오집어집어라
청유Let's 집어요집읍시다집어집자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 집어요안 집습니다안 집어안 집는다
-지 않다Not (long) 집지 않아요집지 않습니다집지 않아집지 않는다
Cannot 못 집어요못 집습니다못 집어못 집는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집으세요집으십니다집으셔집으신다
과거Past 집으셨어요집으셨습니다집으셨어집으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
집는
과거Past
집은
미래Future
집을
회상Used to
집던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
집고
-게-ly / so that
집게
-어서so / and then
집어서
-으니까since
집으니까
-으면if / when
집으면
-지만but
집지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
집는데
-어도even if
집어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 집고 있어요집고 있습니다집고 있어집고 있다
과거Was doing 집고 있었어요집고 있었습니다집고 있었어집고 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.

나는 과일을 집어든 사람이 아니다.

I'm not the one who picks the fruit.

아니면 손을 내밀어 집는 것이죠.

Or she has to reach in and get it.

실제로 한 번에 다 집어서 펴 보세요.

Actually, just pick up all of them and take a look.

그걸 집어 올리자 남편이 한번 보자고 하더라고요.

I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that."

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 집다 in Korean?

집다 (to pick up) is 집어요 in the polite 해요체, 집습니다 in formal 합니다체, 집어 in casual 반말 and 집는다 in the plain written style. The past is 집었어요.

What is the past tense of 집다?

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

Is 집다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 집습니다, 집어, 집으니 all keep 집 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 집다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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