KOREAN VERB

가지다

to have, to hold; shortened before give or bring, to take something to someone

Conjugation

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현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI have
NegativeI don’t have

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI had
NegativeI didn’t have

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will have
NegativeI won’t have

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI have (respectfully)
PastI had (respectfully)
FutureI will have (respectfully)

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present

회의 자료는 각자 한 부씩 가져요.

Everyone takes one copy of the meeting papers.
Past

수아는 어릴 때부터 큰 꿈을 가졌어요.

Su-a has had big dreams since she was small.
Future

내년에는 제 가게를 가질 거예요.

Next year I'll have my own shop.
Honorific

할머니는 이 반지를 오십 년 동안 가지셨어요.

Grandma has had this ring for fifty years.
Connectives

우산을 가지고 나가세요, 오후에 비 와요.

Take an umbrella out with you, it's going to rain this afternoon.
Requests and commands

이거 마음에 들면 그냥 가지세요.

If you like this, just keep it.

가지다 shortens to 갖다: 갖고 있어요 is the everyday "I have it". Before 가다 and 오다 it is take and bring: 가져가세요, 가져오세요.

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Fluency Level 2 · 아들이 계속 갖다 드리래요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.