시집가
shee-cheep-gah
sijipga
regular
시집가다
To say to get married (and so, to enter into the husband's family) politely in the present tense, use 시집가요 (shee-cheep-gah-yoh) · sijipgayo. Below is the full conjugation of 시집가다 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 | 시집가요 shee-cheep-gah-yoh sijipgayo | 시집갑니다 shee-cheep-gahm-nee-dah sijipgamnida | |
| Past | 시집갔어 shee-cheep-gah-ssuh sijipgasseo | 시집갔어요 shee-cheep-gah-ssuh-yoh sijipgasseoyo | 시집갔습니다 shee-cheep-gah-sseum-nee-dah sijipgasseumnida |
| Future | 시집갈 거야 shee-cheep-gahl guh-yah sijipgal geoya | 시집갈 거예요 shee-cheep-gahl guh-yae-yoh sijipgal geoyeyo | 시집갈 겁니다 shee-cheep-gahl guhm-nee-dah sijipgal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
시집가세요
shee-cheep-gah-sae-yoh
sijipgaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
시집가요
shee-cheep-gah-yoh
sijipgayo
Question Polite (요)
시집가요?
shee-cheep-gah-yoh-?
sijipgayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
시집가고
shee-cheep-gah-goh
sijipgago
Conditional "if" — (면)
시집가면
shee-cheep-gah-myuhn
sijipgamyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
시집가고 있어요
shee-cheep-gah-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
sijipgago isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
시집가고 싶어요
shee-cheep-gah-goh shee-puh-yoh
sijipgago sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
시집갈 수 있어요
shee-cheep-gahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
sijipgal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
시집가서
shee-cheep-gah-suh
sijipgaseo
Noun form — (기)
시집가기
shee-cheep-gah-gee
sijipgagi
Noun form — (음)
시집감
shee-cheep-gahm
sijipgam