침묵하다

to be silent

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
침묵하는
아/어Infinitive
침묵하
-으니Since
침묵하니
합니다Formal
침묵합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 침묵하요침묵합니다침묵하침묵한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 침묵핬어요침묵핬습니다침묵핬어침묵핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 침묵하겠어요침묵하겠습니다침묵하겠어침묵하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 침묵할 거예요침묵할 것입니다침묵할 거야침묵할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 침묵하요?침묵합니까?침묵하?침묵하니?
과거Past 침묵핬어요?침묵핬습니까?침묵핬어?침묵핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 침묵하세요침묵하십시오침묵하침묵하라
청유Let's 침묵하요침묵합시다침묵하침묵하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 침묵하요안 침묵합니다안 침묵하안 침묵한다
-지 않다Not (long) 침묵하지 않아요침묵하지 않습니다침묵하지 않아침묵하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 침묵하요못 침묵합니다못 침묵하못 침묵한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 침묵하세요침묵하십니다침묵하셔침묵하신다
과거Past 침묵하셨어요침묵하셨습니다침묵하셨어침묵하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
침묵하는
과거Past
침묵한
미래Future
침묵할
회상Used to
침묵하던

Joining clauses

-고and
침묵하고
-게-ly / so that
침묵하게
-어서so / and then
침묵하서
-으니까since
침묵하니까
-으면if / when
침묵하면
-지만but
침묵하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
침묵하는데
-어도even if
침묵하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 침묵하고 있어요침묵하고 있습니다침묵하고 있어침묵하고 있다
과거Was doing 침묵하고 있었어요침묵하고 있었습니다침묵하고 있었어침묵하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

음악가들은 침묵했고, 소녀들은 매질을 당했고, 가수들은 살해됐죠.

Musicians were silenced, girls were flogged and singers were killed.

잠시 다같이 침묵해봅시다.

Let's start with silence.

스스로 침묵하는 여성이 되고,

They grow up to be women who silence themselves.

저 또한, 처음에는 침묵했습니다.

I, too, was silent in the beginning.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 침묵하다 in Korean?

침묵하다 (to be silent) is 침묵하요 in the polite 해요체, 침묵합니다 in formal 합니다체, 침묵하 in casual 반말 and 침묵한다 in the plain written style. The past is 침묵핬어요.

What is the past tense of 침묵하다?

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

Is 침묵하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 침묵합니다, 침묵하, 침묵하니 all keep 침묵하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 침묵하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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