기어가
gee-uh-gah
gieoga
regular
기어가다
To say to crawl along, to creep along politely in the present tense, use 기어가요 (gee-uh-gah-yoh) · gieogayo. Below is the full conjugation of 기어가다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Grammar note (regular): Regular verbs and adjectives conjugate predictably. Before 어-series suffixes, vowels may contract (가 + 아 → 가, 보 + 아 → 봐), but no consonant in the stem changes. If the final vowel of the stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, use 아; otherwise use 어. Consonant-final stems: 먹 + 어 → 먹어; vowel-final: 가 + 아 → 가.
Conjugation table
pron. = pronunciation guide · RR = Revised Romanization
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 기어가요 gee-uh-gah-yoh gieogayo | 기어갑니다 gee-uh-gahm-nee-dah gieogamnida | |
| Past | 기어갔어 gee-uh-gah-ssuh gieogasseo | 기어갔어요 gee-uh-gah-ssuh-yoh gieogasseoyo | 기어갔습니다 gee-uh-gah-sseum-nee-dah gieogasseumnida |
| Future | 기어갈 거야 gee-uh-gahl guh-yah gieogal geoya | 기어갈 거예요 gee-uh-gahl guh-yae-yoh gieogal geoyeyo | 기어갈 겁니다 gee-uh-gahl guhm-nee-dah gieogal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
기어가세요
gee-uh-gah-sae-yoh
gieogaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
기어가요
gee-uh-gah-yoh
gieogayo
Question Polite (요)
기어가요?
gee-uh-gah-yoh-?
gieogayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
기어가고
gee-uh-gah-goh
gieogago
Conditional "if" — (면)
기어가면
gee-uh-gah-myuhn
gieogamyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
기어가고 있어요
gee-uh-gah-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
gieogago isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
기어가고 싶어요
gee-uh-gah-goh shee-puh-yoh
gieogago sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
기어갈 수 있어요
gee-uh-gahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
gieogal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
기어가서
gee-uh-gah-suh
gieogaseo
Noun form — (기)
기어가기
gee-uh-gah-gee
gieogagi
Noun form — (음)
기어감
gee-uh-gahm
gieogam