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탔어

rode, got on, took, picked up, got

→ 타다
탔 past tense + 어 Informal non-polite ending
verb · informal, past tense Uncommon #8,546
rode, got on, took Informal past form.
KO: 버스를 탔어.
EN: I took the bus.
picked up, got Used for collecting medicine, for example from a pharmacy.
KO: 약을 탔어.
EN: I picked up the medicine.
disappeared, went off the radar Colloquial when used in the expression 잠수 타다.
KO: 그는 연락을 끊고 잠수 탔어.
EN: He cut off contact and went off the radar.
caught the wind Often used when something is carried or propelled by the wind.
KO: 돛이 바람을 잘 탔어.
EN: The sail caught the wind well.
Conjugation of 타다
Indicative past
탔어요탔어탔죠

독을 탔어

Someone put poison in it.

— 무인 곽원갑 (2006)

나 빼고 다 못 탔어

Everyone else couldn't get on.

— 부산행 (2016)

기차 탔어

I got on the train.

— 불릿 트레인 (2022)

이 개자식 잠수 탔어

That bastard ghosted me.

— 아노라 (2024)

바람을 잘 탔어

I made good use of the wind.

— 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가 (2023)

자, 탔어

Okay, I'm on.

— 그린랜드 2: 마이그레이션 (2026)

밥의 차에 탔어?

Did you get in Bob's car?

— 미스터 헐리웃 (2000)

약을 탔어?

Did you take any medicine?

— 더 레킹 크루 (2026)

그래, 안 탔어

Yeah, I didn't get on.

— 이중 배상 (1944)