Skip to content
fluentbyear

KOREAN VERB

갈아입다

to change clothes

  • #213 most used
  • Verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI change clothes
NegativeI don’t change clothes

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI changed clothes
NegativeI didn’t change clothes

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will change clothes
NegativeI won’t change clothes

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI change clothes (respectfully)
PastI changed clothes (respectfully)
FutureI will change clothes (respectfully)

Connectives

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

  1. And (-고) changing clothes, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) changing clothes, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I change clothes
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I change clothes
  5. But (-지만) I change clothes, but…

Requests and commands

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

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please change clothes
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please change clothes (formal)
  3. Plain command change clothes! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t change clothes

How to use 갈아입다

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

  1. Present

    집에 오면 바로 편한 옷으로 갈아입어요.

    When I get home, I change straight into comfortable clothes.

  2. Past

    비에 젖어서 옷을 전부 갈아입었어요.

    I got soaked in the rain, so I changed all my clothes.

  3. Future

    운동 끝나고 체육관에서 옷을 갈아입을 거예요.

    After the workout I'll change at the gym.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 외출 전에 한복으로 갈아입으셨어요.

    Grandma changed into a hanbok before going out.

  5. Connectives

    옷 갈아입고 바로 나갈게요, 잠깐만요.

    I'll change and go right out, just a moment.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 땀 났으니까 얼른 갈아입어.

    Min-jun, you're sweaty, so change quickly.

Good to know

  • 옷을 갈아입다 is to change clothes; 갈아타다 is to change trains or buses, and 갈아 끼우다 to change a part or a battery.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.