까먹다 Korean verb conjugation

to forget

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 까먹다 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
까먹는
아/어Infinitive
까먹어
-으니Since
까먹으니
합니다Formal
까먹습니다

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 까먹어요까먹습니다까먹어까먹는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 까먹었어요까먹었습니다까먹었어까먹었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 까먹겠어요까먹겠습니다까먹겠어까먹겠다
-을 것이다Going to 까먹을 거예요까먹을 것입니다까먹을 거야까먹을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 까먹어요?까먹습니까?까먹어?까먹니?
과거Past 까먹었어요?까먹었습니까?까먹었어?까먹었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 까먹으세요까먹으십시오까먹어까먹어라
청유Let's 까먹어요까먹읍시다까먹어까먹자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 까먹어요안 까먹습니다안 까먹어안 까먹는다
-지 않다Not (long) 까먹지 않아요까먹지 않습니다까먹지 않아까먹지 않는다
Cannot 못 까먹어요못 까먹습니다못 까먹어못 까먹는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 까먹으세요까먹으십니다까먹으셔까먹으신다
과거Past 까먹으셨어요까먹으셨습니다까먹으셨어까먹으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
까먹는
과거Past
까먹은
미래Future
까먹을
회상Used to
까먹던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
까먹고
-게-ly / so that
까먹게
-어서so / and then
까먹어서
-으니까since
까먹으니까
-으면if / when
까먹으면
-지만but
까먹지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
까먹는데
-어도even if
까먹어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 까먹고 있어요까먹고 있습니다까먹고 있어까먹고 있다
과거Was doing 까먹고 있었어요까먹고 있었습니다까먹고 있었어까먹고 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.

너 선물 사주는 거 까먹었어.

I forgot to buy you a present.

까먹기 전에 적어두는 것이 좋겠다.

You should write it down before you forget it.

전술을 까먹을 걱정은 안 해도 되겠죠.

No more having to worry about forgetting plays.

제가 인터뷰에서 뭔가를 말했는데 말한걸 까먹었어요.

And I thought, "Oh, I said something in an interview. I forgot I said that."

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 까먹다 in Korean?

까먹다 (to forget) is 까먹어요 in the polite 해요체, 까먹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 까먹어 in casual 반말 and 까먹는다 in the plain written style. The past is 까먹었어요.

What is the past tense of 까먹다?

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

Is 까먹다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 까먹습니다, 까먹어, 까먹으니 all keep 까먹 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 까먹다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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