철거하다

to demolish

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
철거하는
아/어Infinitive
철거하
-으니Since
철거하니
합니다Formal
철거합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 철거하요철거합니다철거하철거한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 철거핬어요철거핬습니다철거핬어철거핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 철거하겠어요철거하겠습니다철거하겠어철거하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 철거할 거예요철거할 것입니다철거할 거야철거할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 철거하요?철거합니까?철거하?철거하니?
과거Past 철거핬어요?철거핬습니까?철거핬어?철거핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 철거하세요철거하십시오철거하철거하라
청유Let's 철거하요철거합시다철거하철거하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 철거하요안 철거합니다안 철거하안 철거한다
-지 않다Not (long) 철거하지 않아요철거하지 않습니다철거하지 않아철거하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 철거하요못 철거합니다못 철거하못 철거한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 철거하세요철거하십니다철거하셔철거하신다
과거Past 철거하셨어요철거하셨습니다철거하셨어철거하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
철거하는
과거Past
철거한
미래Future
철거할
회상Used to
철거하던

Joining clauses

-고and
철거하고
-게-ly / so that
철거하게
-어서so / and then
철거하서
-으니까since
철거하니까
-으면if / when
철거하면
-지만but
철거하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
철거하는데
-어도even if
철거하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 철거하고 있어요철거하고 있습니다철거하고 있어철거하고 있다
과거Was doing 철거하고 있었어요철거하고 있었습니다철거하고 있었어철거하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

생전에 발전소를 철거하겠다는 얘기가 훨씬 더 흔합니다.

We're actually talking about taking reactors down before their lifetimes are over.

독일은 주변 나라들에게 발전소를 철거하라고 요구하고 있죠.

Germany's actually pressuring its neighbors to do that.

내일 아침에 이 건물을 철거할 거야

They're going to demolish this tomorrow morning.

남은 일이라곤 공장을 철거한 뒤 아예 문을 닫는 것 뿐이었죠.

Their only job was to break the plant apart and close it forever.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 철거하다 in Korean?

철거하다 (to demolish) is 철거하요 in the polite 해요체, 철거합니다 in formal 합니다체, 철거하 in casual 반말 and 철거한다 in the plain written style. The past is 철거핬어요.

What is the past tense of 철거하다?

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

Is 철거하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 철거합니다, 철거하, 철거하니 all keep 철거하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 철거하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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