타다 Korean verb conjugation

to ride, to get on

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 타다 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
타는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
타니
합니다Formal
탑니다

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 타요탑니다탄다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탔어요탔습니다탔어탔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 타겠어요타겠습니다타겠어타겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탈 거예요탈 것입니다탈 거야탈 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 타요?탑니까?타?타니?
과거Past 탔어요?탔습니까?탔어?탔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 타세요타십시오타라
청유Let's 타요탑시다타자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 타요안 탑니다안 타안 탄다
-지 않다Not (long) 타지 않아요타지 않습니다타지 않아타지 않는다
Cannot 못 타요못 탑니다못 타못 탄다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 타세요타십니다타셔타신다
과거Past 타셨어요타셨습니다타셨어타셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
타는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
타던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
타고
-게-ly / so that
타게
-어서so / and then
타서
-으니까since
타니까
-으면if / when
타면
-지만but
타지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
타는데
-어도even if
타도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 타고 있어요타고 있습니다타고 있어타고 있다
과거Was doing 타고 있었어요타고 있었습니다타고 있었어타고 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.

우리 문화는 타버리고 말겠지요.

Our whole culture gets burned.

다 됐나요? 타마라: 이제 됐습니다.

Tamara Roukaerts: We're ready to go.

우리는 모두 하나밖에 없는 이것을 탔습니다.

We should all be riding one of these.

말을 탄 남자와,

Cattle are the same way.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 타다 in Korean?

타다 (to ride, to get on) is 타요 in the polite 해요체, 탑니다 in formal 합니다체, 타 in casual 반말 and 탄다 in the plain written style. The past is 탔어요.

What is the past tense of 타다?

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

Is 타다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 탑니다, 타, 타니 all keep 타 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 타다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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