틈타다 Korean verb conjugation

to take the opportunity

Every form of 틈타다 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
틈타는
아/어Infinitive
틈타
-으니Since
틈타니
합니다Formal
틈탑니다

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 틈타요틈탑니다틈타틈탄다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 틈탔어요틈탔습니다틈탔어틈탔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 틈타겠어요틈타겠습니다틈타겠어틈타겠다
-을 것이다Going to 틈탈 거예요틈탈 것입니다틈탈 거야틈탈 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 틈타요?틈탑니까?틈타?틈타니?
과거Past 틈탔어요?틈탔습니까?틈탔어?틈탔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 틈타세요틈타십시오틈타틈타라
청유Let's 틈타요틈탑시다틈타틈타자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 틈타요안 틈탑니다안 틈타안 틈탄다
-지 않다Not (long) 틈타지 않아요틈타지 않습니다틈타지 않아틈타지 않는다
Cannot 못 틈타요못 틈탑니다못 틈타못 틈탄다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 틈타세요틈타십니다틈타셔틈타신다
과거Past 틈타셨어요틈타셨습니다틈타셨어틈타셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
틈타는
과거Past
틈탄
미래Future
틈탈
회상Used to
틈타던

연결Joining 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

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 틈타고 있어요틈타고 있습니다틈타고 있어틈타고 있다
과거Was doing 틈타고 있었어요틈타고 있었습니다틈타고 있었어틈타고 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.

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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