KOREAN VERB

갖다

to have, to hold

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

요즘 젊은 사람들은 요리에 관심을 많이 가져요.

Young people these days take a lot of interest in cooking.
Past

어릴 때부터 큰 꿈을 가졌어요.

I had a big dream from when I was little.
Future

이번에는 꼭 제 가게를 가질 거예요.

This time I'll have my own shop for sure.
Honorific

할머니는 마당에 작은 텃밭을 가지셨어요.

Grandma had a small vegetable patch in the yard.
Connectives

여권을 갖고 가면 할인을 받을 수 있어요.

If you take your passport along, you can get a discount.
Requests and commands

자신감을 가지세요, 분명히 잘할 거예요.

Have confidence, you'll surely do well.

갖다 is the short form of 가지다: before a vowel ending it goes back to 가지- (가져요, 가지세요), and 갖고 가다 is to take something along.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.