깨치다 Korean verb conjugation

to learn

Every form of 깨치다 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
깨치는
아/어Infinitive
깨쳐
-으니Since
깨치니
합니다Formal
깨칩니다

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 깨쳐요깨칩니다깨쳐깨친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 깨쳤어요깨쳤습니다깨쳤어깨쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 깨치겠어요깨치겠습니다깨치겠어깨치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 깨칠 거예요깨칠 것입니다깨칠 거야깨칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깨쳐요?깨칩니까?깨쳐?깨치니?
과거Past 깨쳤어요?깨쳤습니까?깨쳤어?깨쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 깨치세요깨치십시오깨쳐깨쳐라
청유Let's 깨쳐요깨칩시다깨쳐깨치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 깨쳐요안 깨칩니다안 깨쳐안 깨친다
-지 않다Not (long) 깨치지 않아요깨치지 않습니다깨치지 않아깨치지 않는다
Cannot 못 깨쳐요못 깨칩니다못 깨쳐못 깨친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깨치세요깨치십니다깨치셔깨치신다
과거Past 깨치셨어요깨치셨습니다깨치셨어깨치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
깨치는
과거Past
깨친
미래Future
깨칠
회상Used to
깨치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
깨치고
-게-ly / so that
깨치게
-어서so / and then
깨쳐서
-으니까since
깨치니까
-으면if / when
깨치면
-지만but
깨치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
깨치는데
-어도even if
깨쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 깨치고 있어요깨치고 있습니다깨치고 있어깨치고 있다
과거Was doing 깨치고 있었어요깨치고 있었습니다깨치고 있었어깨치고 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.

불가능한 목표를 잡았죠. 타밀어를 쓰는 12 살짜리 아이들이 인도 남부 마을에서 생명공학을 스스로 영어로 깨칠 수 있을까?

And I set myself and impossible target: can Tamil speaking 12-year-old children in a South Indian village teach themselves biotechnology in English on their own?

그 이후에 전 다른 다양한 것도 그들이 스스로 깨칠 수 있나 알아보기 위해 실험을 했습니다.

After that, I started to experiment with various other things that they might learn to do on their own.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 깨치다 in Korean?

깨치다 (to learn) is 깨쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 깨칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 깨쳐 in casual 반말 and 깨친다 in the plain written style. The past is 깨쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 깨치다?

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

Is 깨치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 깨칩니다, 깨쳐, 깨치니 all keep 깨치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 깨치다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.