분별하다 Korean verb conjugation

to distinguish, to discern

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 분별하다 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
분별하는
아/어Infinitive
분별하
-으니Since
분별하니
합니다Formal
분별합니다

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 분별하요분별합니다분별하분별한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 분별핬어요분별핬습니다분별핬어분별핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 분별하겠어요분별하겠습니다분별하겠어분별하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 분별할 거예요분별할 것입니다분별할 거야분별할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 분별하요?분별합니까?분별하?분별하니?
과거Past 분별핬어요?분별핬습니까?분별핬어?분별핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 분별하세요분별하십시오분별하분별하라
청유Let's 분별하요분별합시다분별하분별하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 분별하요안 분별합니다안 분별하안 분별한다
-지 않다Not (long) 분별하지 않아요분별하지 않습니다분별하지 않아분별하지 않는다
Cannot 못 분별하요못 분별합니다못 분별하못 분별한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 분별하세요분별하십니다분별하셔분별하신다
과거Past 분별하셨어요분별하셨습니다분별하셨어분별하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
분별하는
과거Past
분별한
미래Future
분별할
회상Used to
분별하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
분별하고
-게-ly / so that
분별하게
-어서so / and then
분별하서
-으니까since
분별하니까
-으면if / when
분별하면
-지만but
분별하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
분별하는데
-어도even if
분별하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 분별하고 있어요분별하고 있습니다분별하고 있어분별하고 있다
과거Was doing 분별하고 있었어요분별하고 있었습니다분별하고 있었어분별하고 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.

어떻게 해야 무분별한 폭력을 멈출 수 있을까요?

How do we stop this senseless violence?

무분별한 비관주의의 또 다른 위험은 급진주의입니다.

The other danger of thoughtless pessimism is radicalism.

파괴된 도시를 보면 이런 생각이 듭니다. 왜 이런 무분별한 전쟁이 일어났을까?

When I look at my destroyed city, of course, I ask myself: What has led to this senseless war?

요즘 시대에는 무분별한 정치적 진흙탕 싸움에 말려드는 일이 비일비재하죠.

In our world today it is easy to get caught up in the mires of senseless politics.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 분별하다 in Korean?

분별하다 (to distinguish, to discern) is 분별하요 in the polite 해요체, 분별합니다 in formal 합니다체, 분별하 in casual 반말 and 분별한다 in the plain written style. The past is 분별핬어요.

What is the past tense of 분별하다?

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

Is 분별하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 분별합니다, 분별하, 분별하니 all keep 분별하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 분별하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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