찬성하다 Korean verb conjugation

to agree

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 찬성하다 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
찬성하는
아/어Infinitive
찬성하
-으니Since
찬성하니
합니다Formal
찬성합니다

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 찬성하요찬성합니다찬성하찬성한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찬성핬어요찬성핬습니다찬성핬어찬성핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찬성하겠어요찬성하겠습니다찬성하겠어찬성하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찬성할 거예요찬성할 것입니다찬성할 거야찬성할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찬성하요?찬성합니까?찬성하?찬성하니?
과거Past 찬성핬어요?찬성핬습니까?찬성핬어?찬성핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찬성하세요찬성하십시오찬성하찬성하라
청유Let's 찬성하요찬성합시다찬성하찬성하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 찬성하요안 찬성합니다안 찬성하안 찬성한다
-지 않다Not (long) 찬성하지 않아요찬성하지 않습니다찬성하지 않아찬성하지 않는다
Cannot 못 찬성하요못 찬성합니다못 찬성하못 찬성한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찬성하세요찬성하십니다찬성하셔찬성하신다
과거Past 찬성하셨어요찬성하셨습니다찬성하셨어찬성하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
찬성하는
과거Past
찬성한
미래Future
찬성할
회상Used to
찬성하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
찬성하고
-게-ly / so that
찬성하게
-어서so / and then
찬성하서
-으니까since
찬성하니까
-으면if / when
찬성하면
-지만but
찬성하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찬성하는데
-어도even if
찬성하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찬성하고 있어요찬성하고 있습니다찬성하고 있어찬성하고 있다
과거Was doing 찬성하고 있었어요찬성하고 있었습니다찬성하고 있었어찬성하고 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.

여러분이 찬성한다고 말해 주세요.

And say that you're for this.

대법원은 INSITE 유지에 9명 전원 찬성하는 판결을 내렸습니다.

The court ruled in favor of keeping INSITE open by nine to zero.

TV에서는 무언가에 반대하는 발언자가 찬성하는 발언자와 논쟁을 벌이곤 합니다.

On TV shows, we have one anti-something speaker situated against a pro-something speaker.

찬성하지 않는 건가?

You don't approve?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 찬성하다 in Korean?

찬성하다 (to agree) is 찬성하요 in the polite 해요체, 찬성합니다 in formal 합니다체, 찬성하 in casual 반말 and 찬성한다 in the plain written style. The past is 찬성핬어요.

What is the past tense of 찬성하다?

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

Is 찬성하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찬성합니다, 찬성하, 찬성하니 all keep 찬성하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찬성하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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