답하다

to answer

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
답하는
아/어Infinitive
답하
-으니Since
답하니
합니다Formal
답합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 답하요답합니다답하답한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 답핬어요답핬습니다답핬어답핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 답하겠어요답하겠습니다답하겠어답하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 답할 거예요답할 것입니다답할 거야답할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 답하요?답합니까?답하?답하니?
과거Past 답핬어요?답핬습니까?답핬어?답핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 답하세요답하십시오답하답하라
청유Let's 답하요답합시다답하답하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 답하요안 답합니다안 답하안 답한다
-지 않다Not (long) 답하지 않아요답하지 않습니다답하지 않아답하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 답하요못 답합니다못 답하못 답한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 답하세요답하십니다답하셔답하신다
과거Past 답하셨어요답하셨습니다답하셨어답하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
답하는
과거Past
답한
미래Future
답할
회상Used to
답하던

Joining clauses

-고and
답하고
-게-ly / so that
답하게
-어서so / and then
답하서
-으니까since
답하니까
-으면if / when
답하면
-지만but
답하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
답하는데
-어도even if
답하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 답하고 있어요답하고 있습니다답하고 있어답하고 있다
과거Was doing 답하고 있었어요답하고 있었습니다답하고 있었어답하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

자, 미국과 스웨덴 사람들이 답한 결과입니다.

Now, this is what the U.S. public and the Swedish answered.

과학은 그렇다고 답합니다.

And here the science says yes.

올만 박사님이 제게 답했어요.

She took me up on it.

였어요. 빨리 답하실 수 있으세요?

Can you do this one soon?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 답하다 in Korean?

답하다 (to answer) is 답하요 in the polite 해요체, 답합니다 in formal 합니다체, 답하 in casual 반말 and 답한다 in the plain written style. The past is 답핬어요.

What is the past tense of 답하다?

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

Is 답하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 답합니다, 답하, 답하니 all keep 답하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 답하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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