봉사하다

serve,render service

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
봉사하는
아/어Infinitive
봉사하
-으니Since
봉사하니
합니다Formal
봉사합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 봉사하요봉사합니다봉사하봉사한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 봉사핬어요봉사핬습니다봉사핬어봉사핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 봉사하겠어요봉사하겠습니다봉사하겠어봉사하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 봉사할 거예요봉사할 것입니다봉사할 거야봉사할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 봉사하요?봉사합니까?봉사하?봉사하니?
과거Past 봉사핬어요?봉사핬습니까?봉사핬어?봉사핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 봉사하세요봉사하십시오봉사하봉사하라
청유Let's 봉사하요봉사합시다봉사하봉사하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 봉사하요안 봉사합니다안 봉사하안 봉사한다
-지 않다Not (long) 봉사하지 않아요봉사하지 않습니다봉사하지 않아봉사하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 봉사하요못 봉사합니다못 봉사하못 봉사한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 봉사하세요봉사하십니다봉사하셔봉사하신다
과거Past 봉사하셨어요봉사하셨습니다봉사하셨어봉사하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
봉사하는
과거Past
봉사한
미래Future
봉사할
회상Used to
봉사하던

Joining clauses

-고and
봉사하고
-게-ly / so that
봉사하게
-어서so / and then
봉사하서
-으니까since
봉사하니까
-으면if / when
봉사하면
-지만but
봉사하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
봉사하는데
-어도even if
봉사하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 봉사하고 있어요봉사하고 있습니다봉사하고 있어봉사하고 있다
과거Was doing 봉사하고 있었어요봉사하고 있었습니다봉사하고 있었어봉사하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

수년간 봉사하면서 여러가지 일을 했어요.

In my years volunteering at Samaritans, I was asked to perform many roles.

그래요? 그럼 우리 단체에 와서 봉사하면 돼요.

You do? All right, you can always volunteer with us to get community service hours.

4대를 봉사하다

to perform rites for the ancestors up to the fourth generation

인류에 봉사하는 거지

Serve my fellow mankind.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 봉사하다 in Korean?

봉사하다 (serve,render service) is 봉사하요 in the polite 해요체, 봉사합니다 in formal 합니다체, 봉사하 in casual 반말 and 봉사한다 in the plain written style. The past is 봉사핬어요.

What is the past tense of 봉사하다?

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

Is 봉사하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 봉사합니다, 봉사하, 봉사하니 all keep 봉사하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 봉사하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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