캐다

to dig up, mine

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
캐는
아/어Infinitive
캐
-으니Since
캐니
합니다Formal
캡니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 캐요캡니다캐캔다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 캤어요캤습니다캤어캤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 캐겠어요캐겠습니다캐겠어캐겠다
-을 것이다Going to 캘 거예요캘 것입니다캘 거야캘 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 캐요?캡니까?캐?캐니?
과거Past 캤어요?캤습니까?캤어?캤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 캐세요캐십시오캐캐라
청유Let's 캐요캡시다캐캐자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 캐요안 캡니다안 캐안 캔다
-지 않다Not (long) 캐지 않아요캐지 않습니다캐지 않아캐지 않는다
못Cannot 못 캐요못 캡니다못 캐못 캔다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 캐세요캐십니다캐셔캐신다
과거Past 캐셨어요캐셨습니다캐셨어캐셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
캐는
과거Past
캔
미래Future
캘
회상Used to
캐던

Joining clauses

-고and
캐고
-게-ly / so that
캐게
-어서so / and then
캐서
-으니까since
캐니까
-으면if / when
캐면
-지만but
캐지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
캐는데
-어도even if
캐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 캐고 있어요캐고 있습니다캐고 있어캐고 있다
과거Was doing 캐고 있었어요캐고 있었습니다캐고 있었어캐고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그래서 기자로서 저는 농업 분야를 캐보기 시작했습니다.

So, like the journalist I am, I started digging into the agricultural sector.

형 말 들어, 캠

Listen to him, Cam.

내 과거를 캔 거예요?

Did you hire someone to look into my past?

그 일 뒤는 캐 봤어?

Have you found out who's behind this?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 캐다 in Korean?

캐다 (to dig up, mine) is 캐요 in the polite 해요체, 캡니다 in formal 합니다체, 캐 in casual 반말 and 캔다 in the plain written style. The past is 캤어요.

What is the past tense of 캐다?

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

Is 캐다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 캡니다, 캐, 캐니 all keep 캐 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 캐다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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