모으다 Korean verb conjugation

to gather, to collect

Every form of 모으다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
모으는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
모으니
합니다Formal
모읍니다

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 뫄요모읍니다모은다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뫘어요뫘습니다뫘어뫘다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 모으겠어요모으겠습니다모으겠어모으겠다
-을 것이다Going to 모을 거예요모을 것입니다모을 거야모을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뫄요?모읍니까?뫄?모으니?
과거Past 뫘어요?뫘습니까?뫘어?뫘니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 모으세요모으십시오뫄라
청유Let's 뫄요모읍시다모으자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뫄요안 모읍니다안 뫄안 모은다
-지 않다Not (long) 모으지 않아요모으지 않습니다모으지 않아모으지 않는다
Cannot 못 뫄요못 모읍니다못 뫄못 모은다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 모으세요모으십니다모으셔모으신다
과거Past 모으셨어요모으셨습니다모으셨어모으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
모으는
과거Past
모은
미래Future
모을
회상Used to
모으던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
모으고
-게-ly / so that
모으게
-어서so / and then
뫄서
-으니까since
모으니까
-으면if / when
모으면
-지만but
모으지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
모으는데
-어도even if
뫄도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 모으고 있어요모으고 있습니다모으고 있어모으고 있다
과거Was doing 모으고 있었어요모으고 있었습니다모으고 있었어모으고 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.

일을 안하니까, 돈을 못 모으겠어.

Since I don't have a job, I can't save money.

우리 머리를 모아 봅시다.

Let's engage our brains.

그래서 더 관심을 모읍니다.

And that's of greater interest.

사람들을 불러모으고 필요한 것을 찾아

Let me rally my team. Let me grab some supplies.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 모으다 in Korean?

모으다 (to gather, to collect) is 뫄요 in the polite 해요체, 모읍니다 in formal 합니다체, 뫄 in casual 반말 and 모은다 in the plain written style. The past is 뫘어요.

What is the past tense of 모으다?

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

Is 모으다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 모아 and 모으니 but unchanged in 모읍니다.

What TOPIK level is 모으다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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