캐
kae
regular
캐다
To say to dig up/out, to mine politely in the present tense, use 캐요 (kae-yoh) · kaeyo. Below is the full conjugation of 캐다 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 | 캐요 kae-yoh kaeyo | 캡니다 kaem-nee-dah kaemnida | |
| Past | 캤어 kae-ssuh kaesseo | 캤어요 kae-ssuh-yoh kaesseoyo | 캤습니다 kae-sseum-nee-dah kaesseumnida |
| Future | 캘 거야 kael guh-yah kael geoya | 캘 거예요 kael guh-yae-yoh kael geoyeyo | 캘 겁니다 kael guhm-nee-dah kael geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
캐세요
kae-sae-yoh
kaeseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
캐요
kae-yoh
kaeyo
Question Polite (요)
캐요?
kae-yoh-?
kaeyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
캐고
kae-goh
kaego
Conditional "if" — (면)
캐면
kae-myuhn
kaemyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
캐고 있어요
kae-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
kaego isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
캐고 싶어요
kae-goh shee-puh-yoh
kaego sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
캘 수 있어요
kael soo ee-ssuh-yoh
kael su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
캐서
kae-suh
kaeseo
Noun form — (기)
캐기
kae-gee
kaegi
Noun form — (음)
캠
kaem