답변하다 Korean verb conjugation
to answer
Every form of 답변하다 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
- 답변하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 답변하
- -으니Since
- 답변하니
- 합니다Formal
- 답변합니다
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 | 답변하요 | 답변합니다 | 답변하 | 답변한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 답변핬어요 | 답변핬습니다 | 답변핬어 | 답변핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 답변하겠어요 | 답변하겠습니다 | 답변하겠어 | 답변하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 답변할 거예요 | 답변할 것입니다 | 답변할 거야 | 답변할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답변하요? | 답변합니까? | 답변하? | 답변하니? |
| 과거Past | 답변핬어요? | 답변핬습니까? | 답변핬어? | 답변핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 답변하세요 | 답변하십시오 | 답변하 | 답변하라 |
| 청유Let's | 답변하요 | 답변합시다 | 답변하 | 답변하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 답변하요 | 안 답변합니다 | 안 답변하 | 안 답변한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 답변하지 않아요 | 답변하지 않습니다 | 답변하지 않아 | 답변하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 답변하요 | 못 답변합니다 | 못 답변하 | 못 답변한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답변하세요 | 답변하십니다 | 답변하셔 | 답변하신다 |
| 과거Past | 답변하셨어요 | 답변하셨습니다 | 답변하셨어 | 답변하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 답변하는
- 과거Past
- 답변한
- 미래Future
- 답변할
- 회상Used to
- 답변하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 답변하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 답변하게
- -어서so / and then
- 답변하서
- -으니까since
- 답변하니까
- -으면if / when
- 답변하면
- -지만but
- 답변하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 답변하는데
- -어도even if
- 답변하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 답변하고 있어요 | 답변하고 있습니다 | 답변하고 있어 | 답변하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 답변하고 있었어요 | 답변하고 있었습니다 | 답변하고 있었어 | 답변하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에 3-고 답변하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그리고 이건 사실 제게는 답변하기 굉장히 쉬운 질문이에요
And this is actually a very easy question for me to answer.
제대로 답변하기가 힘들다고 보았기 때문입니다.
And there's no way to answer that question without a picture.
저런, 하루에 답변할 수 있는 질문 수가 초과되었군요
Whoa, I think I have more than enough questions to answer today, thank you, very much.
과학이 답변할 수 없는 몇 가지 중요한 질문들이 있어.
There are some important questions that science cannot answer.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 답변하다 in Korean?
답변하다 (to answer) is 답변하요 in the polite 해요체, 답변합니다 in formal 합니다체, 답변하 in casual 반말 and 답변한다 in the plain written style. The past is 답변핬어요.
What is the past tense of 답변하다?
답변핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 답변핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 답변하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 답변하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 답변합니다, 답변하, 답변하니 all keep 답변하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 답변하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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