방지하다 Korean verb conjugation

to prevent, check, stop from happening

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 방지하다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
방지하는
아/어Infinitive
방지하
-으니Since
방지하니
합니다Formal
방지합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 방지하요방지합니다방지하방지한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 방지핬어요방지핬습니다방지핬어방지핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 방지하겠어요방지하겠습니다방지하겠어방지하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 방지할 거예요방지할 것입니다방지할 거야방지할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 방지하요?방지합니까?방지하?방지하니?
과거Past 방지핬어요?방지핬습니까?방지핬어?방지핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 방지하세요방지하십시오방지하방지하라
청유Let's 방지하요방지합시다방지하방지하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 방지하요안 방지합니다안 방지하안 방지한다
-지 않다Not (long) 방지하지 않아요방지하지 않습니다방지하지 않아방지하지 않는다
Cannot 못 방지하요못 방지합니다못 방지하못 방지한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 방지하세요방지하십니다방지하셔방지하신다
과거Past 방지하셨어요방지하셨습니다방지하셨어방지하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
방지하는
과거Past
방지한
미래Future
방지할
회상Used to
방지하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
방지하고
-게-ly / so that
방지하게
-어서so / and then
방지하서
-으니까since
방지하니까
-으면if / when
방지하면
-지만but
방지하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
방지하는데
-어도even if
방지하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 방지하고 있어요방지하고 있습니다방지하고 있어방지하고 있다
과거Was doing 방지하고 있었어요방지하고 있었습니다방지하고 있었어방지하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그럼 산업 인터넷은 어떻게 이런 일을 방지할까요?

So how can the industrial Internet help here?

따라서 우리는 생존하려면 핵전쟁을 방지해야 합니다.

So we had to prevent nuclear war if we expected to survive.

이것이 이산화탄소가 바다 밖으로 나오는 걸 방지했죠.

That stops carbon dioxide coming out of the ocean.

하지만 이것은우리가 방지해야 할 그런 문제가 아닙니다.

But this isn't just some problem that we need to contain.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 방지하다 in Korean?

방지하다 (to prevent, check, stop from happening) is 방지하요 in the polite 해요체, 방지합니다 in formal 합니다체, 방지하 in casual 반말 and 방지한다 in the plain written style. The past is 방지핬어요.

What is the past tense of 방지하다?

방지핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 방지핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 방지하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 방지하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 방지합니다, 방지하, 방지하니 all keep 방지하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 방지하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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