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KOREAN VERB

걷다

to walk

  • #38 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI walk
NegativeI don’t walk

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI walked
NegativeI didn’t walk

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI walk (respectfully)
PastI walked (respectfully)
FutureI will walk (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 걷다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매일 아침 한강에서 삼십 분 걸어요.

    Every morning I walk for thirty minutes by the Han River.

  2. Past

    어제는 버스가 안 와서 집까지 걸었어요.

    Yesterday the bus didn't come, so I walked home.

  3. Future

    날씨가 좋으니까 학교까지 걸을 거예요.

    The weather's nice, so I'll walk to school.

  4. Honorific

    할머니께서는 매일 공원을 한 바퀴 걸으세요.

    Grandma walks a lap of the park every day.

  5. Connectives

    오늘 너무 많이 걸어서 다리가 아파요.

    I walked too much today, so my legs hurt.

  6. Requests and commands

    길이 미끄러우니까 조심해서 천천히 걸으세요.

    The road's slippery, so walk slowly and carefully.

Good to know

  • 걷다 turns its ㄷ into ㄹ before a vowel: 걸어요, 걸었어요; 걸어서 가요 is to go on foot.

Where you hear 걷다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 학교까지 걸어요. I walk to school.
  • 어제 한강에서 한 시간 걸었어요. Yesterday I walked for an hour by the river.
  • 내일은 버스 안 타고 걸을 거야. Tomorrow I'll walk instead of taking the bus.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 저는 학교까지 걸어요. I walk to school.
  • 어제 한강에서 한 시간 걸었어요. Yesterday I walked for an hour by the river.
  • 내일은 버스 안 타고 걸을 거야. Tomorrow I'll walk instead of taking the bus.
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The frozen river

Beginner Level 2 · 걸어요. 이십 분이에요.

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The estate agent

Beginner Level 3 · 걸어서 십 분입니다.

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The club's summer walk

Beginner Level 3 · 천천히 걷기하고 사진 찍기요.

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Grandma's house

Intermediate Level 1 · 응. 결혼했을 때는 걸었어.

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The pond at night

Intermediate Level 1 · 걸으면서 전화해요.

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The taxi tour

Advanced Level 3 · 네가 걷던 데, 프러포즈한 데.

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Goodbye at Incheon

Advanced Level 3 · 그때는 걸을 테니까 연습하시래.

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The Gold Axe and the Silver Axe

Fluency Level 2 · 다섯 마디면 이야기가 걸어요.

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Six bags

Fluency Level 2 · 형, 그게 그 장면이야. 더 천천히 걸어.

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