추궁하다 Korean verb conjugation

to interrogate

Every form of 추궁하다 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
추궁하는
아/어Infinitive
추궁하
-으니Since
추궁하니
합니다Formal
추궁합니다

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 추궁하요추궁합니다추궁하추궁한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 추궁핬어요추궁핬습니다추궁핬어추궁핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 추궁하겠어요추궁하겠습니다추궁하겠어추궁하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 추궁할 거예요추궁할 것입니다추궁할 거야추궁할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추궁하요?추궁합니까?추궁하?추궁하니?
과거Past 추궁핬어요?추궁핬습니까?추궁핬어?추궁핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 추궁하세요추궁하십시오추궁하추궁하라
청유Let's 추궁하요추궁합시다추궁하추궁하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 추궁하요안 추궁합니다안 추궁하안 추궁한다
-지 않다Not (long) 추궁하지 않아요추궁하지 않습니다추궁하지 않아추궁하지 않는다
Cannot 못 추궁하요못 추궁합니다못 추궁하못 추궁한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추궁하세요추궁하십니다추궁하셔추궁하신다
과거Past 추궁하셨어요추궁하셨습니다추궁하셨어추궁하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
추궁하는
과거Past
추궁한
미래Future
추궁할
회상Used to
추궁하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
추궁하고
-게-ly / so that
추궁하게
-어서so / and then
추궁하서
-으니까since
추궁하니까
-으면if / when
추궁하면
-지만but
추궁하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
추궁하는데
-어도even if
추궁하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 추궁하고 있어요추궁하고 있습니다추궁하고 있어추궁하고 있다
과거Was doing 추궁하고 있었어요추궁하고 있었습니다추궁하고 있었어추궁하고 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.

딸이 비밀리에 남자를 사귀나 추궁했어요.

So, I accused my daughter to have like a secret boyfriend.

그러나 사건에 관련된 이상 불구속으로 문제를 추궁해야겠습니다

But since you are related to this case we must come down hard on you.

그리고, 〈작은 조사원〉으로서 수많은 사건을 추궁해 가게 된다.

Only a small group of researchers are allowed to enter.

우리는 정부의 책임을 제대로 추궁하지 못할지는 몰라도 그렇게 할 수 있는 정치적이나 제도적인 모델이 무엇인지는 알죠.

We don't necessarily always do it very well, but we have a sense of what the models are, politically and institutionally, to do that.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 추궁하다 in Korean?

추궁하다 (to interrogate) is 추궁하요 in the polite 해요체, 추궁합니다 in formal 합니다체, 추궁하 in casual 반말 and 추궁한다 in the plain written style. The past is 추궁핬어요.

What is the past tense of 추궁하다?

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

Is 추궁하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 추궁합니다, 추궁하, 추궁하니 all keep 추궁하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 추궁하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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