당하다 Korean verb conjugation

to suffer, to undergo

Every form of 당하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
당하는
아/어Infinitive
당해
-으니Since
당하니
합니다Formal
당합니다

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 당해요당합니다당해당한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 당했어요당했습니다당했어당했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 당하겠어요당하겠습니다당하겠어당하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 당할 거예요당할 것입니다당할 거야당할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당해요?당합니까?당해?당하니?
과거Past 당했어요?당했습니까?당했어?당했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 당하세요당하십시오당해당해라
청유Let's 당해요당합시다당해당하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 당해요안 당합니다안 당해안 당한다
-지 않다Not (long) 당하지 않아요당하지 않습니다당하지 않아당하지 않는다
Cannot 못 당해요못 당합니다못 당해못 당한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당하세요당하십니다당하셔당하신다
과거Past 당하셨어요당하셨습니다당하셨어당하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
당하는
과거Past
당한
미래Future
당할
회상Used to
당하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
당하고
-게-ly / so that
당하게
-어서so / and then
당해서
-으니까since
당하니까
-으면if / when
당하면
-지만but
당하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
당하는데
-어도even if
당해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 당하고 있어요당하고 있습니다당하고 있어당하고 있다
과거Was doing 당하고 있었어요당하고 있었습니다당하고 있었어당하고 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.

저 사람 곧 천안문당하겠네.

That guy will be vanished soon.

근데 제가 그 일을 당했죠.

Well, that happened to me.

내가 뭘 했기에 이런 일을 당하는거지?

What had I done to deserve this?

당한 걸 생각해 봐

Think about what they've done to you.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 당하다 in Korean?

당하다 (to suffer, to undergo) is 당해요 in the polite 해요체, 당합니다 in formal 합니다체, 당해 in casual 반말 and 당한다 in the plain written style. The past is 당했어요.

What is the past tense of 당하다?

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

Is 당하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 당하여 and 당하니 but unchanged in 당합니다.

What TOPIK level is 당하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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