틈타다

to take the opportunity

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier: 틈타는
아/어Infinitive: 틈타
-으니Since: 틈타니
합니다Formal: 틈탑니다

Present

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	틈타요	틈탑니다	틈타	틈탄다

Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	틈탔어요	틈탔습니다	틈탔어	틈탔다

Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	틈타겠어요	틈타겠습니다	틈타겠어	틈타겠다
-을 것이다Going to	틈탈 거예요	틈탈 것입니다	틈탈 거야	틈탈 것이다

Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	틈타요?	틈탑니까?	틈타?	틈타니?
과거Past	틈탔어요?	틈탔습니까?	틈탔어?	틈탔니?

Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	틈타세요	틈타십시오	틈타	틈타라
청유Let's	틈타요	틈탑시다	틈타	틈타자

Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 틈타요	안 틈탑니다	안 틈타	안 틈탄다
-지 않다Not (long)	틈타지 않아요	틈타지 않습니다	틈타지 않아	틈타지 않는다
못Cannot	못 틈타요	못 틈탑니다	못 틈타	못 틈탄다

Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	틈타세요	틈타십니다	틈타셔	틈타신다
과거Past	틈타셨어요	틈타셨습니다	틈타셨어	틈타셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present: 틈타는
과거Past: 틈탄
미래Future: 틈탈
회상Used to: 틈타던

Joining clauses

-고and: 틈타고
-게-ly / so that: 틈타게
-어서so / and then: 틈타서
-으니까since: 틈타니까
-으면if / when: 틈타면
-지만but: 틈타지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 틈타는데
-어도even if: 틈타도

In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	틈타고 있어요	틈타고 있습니다	틈타고 있어	틈타고 있다
과거Was doing	틈타고 있었어요	틈타고 있었습니다	틈타고 있었어	틈타고 있었다

Sentence patterns

1이 2를 틈타다

In real sentences

그들이 밤을 틈타 야영지를 습격했습니다

They poured through the encampment under cover of night.

그는 정부에 의해 위협적인 인물로 간주되었으며, 헌병에 의해 1923년 간토 대지진의 혼란을 틈타 암살되었다.

He was seen as a threat by the government and was assassinated by military police in the disorder following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

우리는 전례없이 더 많은 곳에서 상황이 자꾸 나빠지고 관리 부족을 틈타 테러리스트가 판을 치는 시대에 있다고 생각합니다.

I think that we have never been in a time where there are more places where things are going badly and forming the petri dish in which terrorists take advantage of the lack of governance.

서부 해군 기동대의 함선들이 어둠을 틈타 해안으로 접근을 시도했고, 새벽에 상륙 지점에 도착했다.

Ships of the Western Naval Task Force approached under cover of darkness and were in position at dawn.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 틈타다 in Korean?

틈타다 (to take the opportunity) is 틈타요 in the polite 해요체, 틈탑니다 in formal 합니다체, 틈타 in casual 반말 and 틈탄다 in the plain written style. The past is 틈탔어요.

What is the past tense of 틈타다?

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

Is 틈타다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 틈탑니다, 틈타, 틈타니 all keep 틈타 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 틈타다?

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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