Verbs · Regular

당기다 conjugation

to pull · danggida · sounds like [당기다]

Short answer: “To pull” in Korean is 당기다 (danggida). Polite present: 당겨요 (danggyeoyo); past: 당겼어요 (danggyeosseoyo); future: 당길 거예요. It is regular.

Present당겨요[당겨요] · danggyeoyo
Past당겼어요[당겨써요] · danggyeosseoyo
Future당길 거예요[당길 꺼예요] · danggil geoyeyo
Negative안 당겨요[안 당겨요] · an danggyeoyo

Opposite: 밀다 — to push

당기다 in sentences

문을 당기세요.Pull the door.
줄을 세게 당겼어요.I pulled the rope hard.

All forms of 당기다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite-아/어요	당겨요	[당겨요]	danggyeoyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다	당깁니다	[당김니다]	danggimnida
casual-아/어	당겨	[당겨]	danggyeo
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다	당긴다	[당긴다]	dangginda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?	당깁니까?	[당김니까]	danggimnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요	당기고 있어요	[당기고 이써요]	danggigo isseoyo

Past
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite-았/었어요	당겼어요	[당겨써요]	danggyeosseoyo
formal-았/었습니다	당겼습니다	[당겯씀니다]	danggyeotseumnida
casual-았/었어	당겼어	[당겨써]	danggyeosseo
plain (written)-았/었다	당겼다	[당겯따]	danggyeotda

Future
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요	당길 거예요	[당길 꺼예요]	danggil geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다	당길 겁니다	[당길 껌니다]	danggil geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야	당길 거야	[당길 꺼야]	danggil geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다	당기겠습니다	[당기겓씀니다]	danggigetseumnida

Negative
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
not (short)안 …	안 당겨요	[안 당겨요]	an danggyeoyo
did not안 …았/었어요	안 당겼어요	[안 당겨써요]	an danggyeosseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요	당기지 않아요	[당기지 아나요]	danggiji anayo
cannot못 …	못 당겨요	[몯 땅겨요]	mot danggyeoyo

Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
honorific — present-(으)세요	당기세요	[당기세요]	danggiseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요	당기셨어요	[당기셔써요]	danggisyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다	당기십니다	[당기심니다]	danggisimnida

Requests
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
please …-(으)세요	당기세요	[당기세요]	danggiseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요	당겨 주세요	[당겨 주세요]	danggyeo juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요	당기지 마세요	[당기지 마세요]	danggiji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다	당깁시다	[당깁씨다]	danggipsida
let’s … (casual)-자	당기자	[당기자]	danggija
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라	당겨라	[당겨라]	danggyeora

Connecting
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
… and-고	당기고	[당기고]	danggigo
… so / and then-아/어서	당겨서	[당겨서]	danggyeoseo
if …-(으)면	당기면	[당기면]	danggimyeon
… but-지만	당기지만	[당기지만]	danggijiman
because …-(으)니까	당기니까	[당기니까]	dangginikka
… and / but (background)-는데	당기는데	[당기는데]	danggineunde
even if …-아/어도	당겨도	[당겨도]	danggyeodo
while …-(으)면서	당기면서	[당기면서]	danggimyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고	당기려고	[당기려고]	danggiryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러	당기러	[당기러]	danggireo
before …-기 전에	당기기 전에	[당기기 저네]	danggigi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에	당긴 후에	[당긴 후에]	danggin hue

Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
(that) … now-는	당기는	[당기는]	danggineun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ	당긴	[당긴]	danggin
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ	당길	[당길]	danggil

Useful patterns
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
I want to …-고 싶어요	당기고 싶어요	[당기고 시퍼요]	danggigo sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요	당길 수 있어요	[당길 쑤 이써요]	danggil su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요	당길 수 없어요	[당길 쑤 업써요]	danggil su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요	당겨야 해요	[당겨야 해요]	danggyeoya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요	당겨도 돼요	[당겨도 돼요]	danggyeodo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요	당기면 안 돼요	[당기면 안 돼요]	danggimyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기	당기기	[당기기]	danggigi

How 당기다 changes

당기 ends in a vowel, so 당기 + 아/어 becomes 당겨 → 당겨요, 당겼어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 당기면, 당길. 당기다 is regular.

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Questions

How do you say “pull” in Korean?

“To pull” is 당기다 (danggida), pronounced [당기다]. In a sentence: 문을 당기세요. — Pull the door.

What is the past tense of 당기다?

당겼어요 (danggyeosseoyo) is the polite past tense of 당기다 (“to pull”). Formal: 당겼습니다; casual: 당겼어.

How do you say 당기다 politely?

Everyday polite: 당겨요 (danggyeoyo). Formal: 당깁니다. Casual, with close friends: 당겨.

How do you say “I want to pull” in Korean?

당기고 싶어요 (danggigo sipeoyo), pronounced [당기고 시퍼요].

Is 당기다 irregular?

No. 당기 ends in a vowel, so 당기 + 아/어 becomes 당겨 → 당겨요, 당겼어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 당기면, 당길. 당기다 is regular.

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check