착수하다

to begin, to commence

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
착수하는
아/어Infinitive
착수하
-으니Since
착수하니
합니다Formal
착수합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 착수하요착수합니다착수하착수한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 착수핬어요착수핬습니다착수핬어착수핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 착수하겠어요착수하겠습니다착수하겠어착수하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 착수할 거예요착수할 것입니다착수할 거야착수할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 착수하요?착수합니까?착수하?착수하니?
과거Past 착수핬어요?착수핬습니까?착수핬어?착수핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 착수하세요착수하십시오착수하착수하라
청유Let's 착수하요착수합시다착수하착수하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 착수하요안 착수합니다안 착수하안 착수한다
-지 않다Not (long) 착수하지 않아요착수하지 않습니다착수하지 않아착수하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 착수하요못 착수합니다못 착수하못 착수한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 착수하세요착수하십니다착수하셔착수하신다
과거Past 착수하셨어요착수하셨습니다착수하셨어착수하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
착수하는
과거Past
착수한
미래Future
착수할
회상Used to
착수하던

Joining clauses

-고and
착수하고
-게-ly / so that
착수하게
-어서so / and then
착수하서
-으니까since
착수하니까
-으면if / when
착수하면
-지만but
착수하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
착수하는데
-어도even if
착수하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 착수하고 있어요착수하고 있습니다착수하고 있어착수하고 있다
과거Was doing 착수하고 있었어요착수하고 있었습니다착수하고 있었어착수하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 그것을 바꾸는 과제에 착수했어요.

So I'm on a mission to change that.

저는 트럭에서 내려서 작업에 착수했습니다.

So I got out of the truck and I got to work.

심지어 구글에서도 이 작업에 착수했습니다.

Even Google's starting to work on this.

그래서 연구에 착수했죠.

So that's what we set out to do.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 착수하다 in Korean?

착수하다 (to begin, to commence) is 착수하요 in the polite 해요체, 착수합니다 in formal 합니다체, 착수하 in casual 반말 and 착수한다 in the plain written style. The past is 착수핬어요.

What is the past tense of 착수하다?

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

Is 착수하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 착수합니다, 착수하, 착수하니 all keep 착수하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 착수하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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