복사하다 Korean verb conjugation

to copy

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 복사하다 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
복사하는
아/어Infinitive
복사하
-으니Since
복사하니
합니다Formal
복사합니다

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 복사하요복사합니다복사하복사한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 복사핬어요복사핬습니다복사핬어복사핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 복사하겠어요복사하겠습니다복사하겠어복사하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 복사할 거예요복사할 것입니다복사할 거야복사할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 복사하요?복사합니까?복사하?복사하니?
과거Past 복사핬어요?복사핬습니까?복사핬어?복사핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 복사하세요복사하십시오복사하복사하라
청유Let's 복사하요복사합시다복사하복사하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 복사하요안 복사합니다안 복사하안 복사한다
-지 않다Not (long) 복사하지 않아요복사하지 않습니다복사하지 않아복사하지 않는다
Cannot 못 복사하요못 복사합니다못 복사하못 복사한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 복사하세요복사하십니다복사하셔복사하신다
과거Past 복사하셨어요복사하셨습니다복사하셨어복사하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
복사하는
과거Past
복사한
미래Future
복사할
회상Used to
복사하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
복사하고
-게-ly / so that
복사하게
-어서so / and then
복사하서
-으니까since
복사하니까
-으면if / when
복사하면
-지만but
복사하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
복사하는데
-어도even if
복사하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 복사하고 있어요복사하고 있습니다복사하고 있어복사하고 있다
과거Was doing 복사하고 있었어요복사하고 있었습니다복사하고 있었어복사하고 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.

그래서 전 그냥 제 이력서를 복사해서 붙여넣기 했어요.

So I just copied and pasted from my résumé.

인간의 뇌를 소프트웨어로 복사하는 아이디어입니다.

The idea is to port the software from the human brain.

이거 200장 복사해.

Photocopy 200 of these.

문제를 복사해 보겠습니다.

Let me copy those.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 복사하다 in Korean?

복사하다 (to copy) is 복사하요 in the polite 해요체, 복사합니다 in formal 합니다체, 복사하 in casual 반말 and 복사한다 in the plain written style. The past is 복사핬어요.

What is the past tense of 복사하다?

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

Is 복사하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 복사합니다, 복사하, 복사하니 all keep 복사하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 복사하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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