몸담다

to get into a line of work

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
몸담는
아/어Infinitive
몸담아
-으니Since
몸담으니
합니다Formal
몸담습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 몸담아요몸담습니다몸담아몸담는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 몸담았어요몸담았습니다몸담았어몸담았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 몸담겠어요몸담겠습니다몸담겠어몸담겠다
-을 것이다Going to 몸담을 거예요몸담을 것입니다몸담을 거야몸담을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 몸담아요?몸담습니까?몸담아?몸담니?
과거Past 몸담았어요?몸담았습니까?몸담았어?몸담았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 몸담으세요몸담으십시오몸담아몸담아라
청유Let's 몸담아요몸담읍시다몸담아몸담자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 몸담아요안 몸담습니다안 몸담아안 몸담는다
-지 않다Not (long) 몸담지 않아요몸담지 않습니다몸담지 않아몸담지 않는다
못Cannot 못 몸담아요못 몸담습니다못 몸담아못 몸담는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 몸담으세요몸담으십니다몸담으셔몸담으신다
과거Past 몸담으셨어요몸담으셨습니다몸담으셨어몸담으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
몸담는
과거Past
몸담은
미래Future
몸담을
회상Used to
몸담던

Joining clauses

-고and
몸담고
-게-ly / so that
몸담게
-어서so / and then
몸담아서
-으니까since
몸담으니까
-으면if / when
몸담으면
-지만but
몸담지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
몸담는데
-어도even if
몸담아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 몸담고 있어요몸담고 있습니다몸담고 있어몸담고 있다
과거Was doing 몸담고 있었어요몸담고 있었습니다몸담고 있었어몸담고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이건 제가 몸담고 있는 조직인 Kitchen Gardens International에서 스스로 묻고 답하는 질문입니다.

That's, in fact, the question that my organization, Kitchen Gardens International, is both asking and answering.

생계를 유지해야 했기에 이 업계에 몸담게 되었죠.

And I needed to make a living, so I got involved in the business world.

왜냐하면 제가 게임을 좋아하며 이 업계에 몸담고 있으니까요.

Right? Because I'm a games guy and this is how I make my living.

우리가 의학에 몸담아 이루려던 일들을 할 기회도 없지

Well, we won't let that happen to us here.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 몸담다 in Korean?

몸담다 (to get into a line of work) is 몸담아요 in the polite 해요체, 몸담습니다 in formal 합니다체, 몸담아 in casual 반말 and 몸담는다 in the plain written style. The past is 몸담았어요.

What is the past tense of 몸담다?

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

Is 몸담다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 몸담습니다, 몸담아, 몸담으니 all keep 몸담 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 몸담다?

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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