더하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be more than

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 더하다 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
더한
아/어Infinitive
더하
-으니Since
더하니
합니다Formal
더합니다

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 더하요더합니다더하더하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 더핬어요더핬습니다더핬어더핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 더하겠어요더하겠습니다더하겠어더하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 더할 거예요더할 것입니다더할 거야더할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 더하요?더합니까?더하?더하니?
과거Past 더핬어요?더핬습니까?더핬어?더핬니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 더하요안 더합니다안 더하안 더하다
-지 않다Not (long) 더하지 않아요더하지 않습니다더하지 않아더하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 더하세요더하십니다더하셔더하시다
과거Past 더하셨어요더하셨습니다더하셨어더하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
더한
과거Past
더한
미래Future
더할
회상Used to
더하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
더하고
-게-ly / so that
더하게
-어서so / and then
더하서
-으니까since
더하니까
-으면if / when
더하면
-지만but
더하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
더한데
-어도even if
더하도

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.

조금 더 해보도록 하지요.

Let me just see that a little bit. Ready, and go.

두 가지 얘기를 더 해드리죠.

Let me tell you two other stories today.

더 할 수 있을지도 모르겠습니다.

Maybe some of these conversations can continue.

무언가를 서로 더한다는 말입니다.

It's something you plus together.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 더하다 in Korean?

더하다 (to be more than) is 더하요 in the polite 해요체, 더합니다 in formal 합니다체, 더하 in casual 반말 and 더하다 in the plain written style. The past is 더핬어요.

What is the past tense of 더하다?

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

Is 더하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 더합니다, 더하, 더하니 all keep 더하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 더하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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