답하다 Korean verb conjugation
to answer
Every form of 답하다 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
- 답하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 답하
- -으니Since
- 답하니
- 합니다Formal
- 답합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 답하요 | 답합니다 | 답하 | 답한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 답핬어요 | 답핬습니다 | 답핬어 | 답핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 답하겠어요 | 답하겠습니다 | 답하겠어 | 답하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 답할 거예요 | 답할 것입니다 | 답할 거야 | 답할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답하요? | 답합니까? | 답하? | 답하니? |
| 과거Past | 답핬어요? | 답핬습니까? | 답핬어? | 답핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 답하세요 | 답하십시오 | 답하 | 답하라 |
| 청유Let's | 답하요 | 답합시다 | 답하 | 답하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 답하요 | 안 답합니다 | 안 답하 | 안 답한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 답하지 않아요 | 답하지 않습니다 | 답하지 않아 | 답하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 답하요 | 못 답합니다 | 못 답하 | 못 답한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답하세요 | 답하십니다 | 답하셔 | 답하신다 |
| 과거Past | 답하셨어요 | 답하셨습니다 | 답하셨어 | 답하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 답하는
- 과거Past
- 답한
- 미래Future
- 답할
- 회상Used to
- 답하던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 답하고 있어요 | 답하고 있습니다 | 답하고 있어 | 답하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 답하고 있었어요 | 답하고 있었습니다 | 답하고 있었어 | 답하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에 답하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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?
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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