독점하다 Korean verb conjugation

monopolize

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 독점하다 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
독점하는
아/어Infinitive
독점하
-으니Since
독점하니
합니다Formal
독점합니다

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 독점하요독점합니다독점하독점한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 독점핬어요독점핬습니다독점핬어독점핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 독점하겠어요독점하겠습니다독점하겠어독점하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 독점할 거예요독점할 것입니다독점할 거야독점할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 독점하요?독점합니까?독점하?독점하니?
과거Past 독점핬어요?독점핬습니까?독점핬어?독점핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 독점하세요독점하십시오독점하독점하라
청유Let's 독점하요독점합시다독점하독점하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 독점하요안 독점합니다안 독점하안 독점한다
-지 않다Not (long) 독점하지 않아요독점하지 않습니다독점하지 않아독점하지 않는다
Cannot 못 독점하요못 독점합니다못 독점하못 독점한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 독점하세요독점하십니다독점하셔독점하신다
과거Past 독점하셨어요독점하셨습니다독점하셨어독점하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
독점하는
과거Past
독점한
미래Future
독점할
회상Used to
독점하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
독점하고
-게-ly / so that
독점하게
-어서so / and then
독점하서
-으니까since
독점하니까
-으면if / when
독점하면
-지만but
독점하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
독점하는데
-어도even if
독점하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 독점하고 있어요독점하고 있습니다독점하고 있어독점하고 있다
과거Was doing 독점하고 있었어요독점하고 있었습니다독점하고 있었어독점하고 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.

그러면 그동안 제가 당신을 독점해도 괜찮겠죠.

And I get to have you all to myself, OK.

일본인이 독점하고 있지

Well, the Japanese have cornered the market.

단지 그녀를 혼자 독점하지는 마

Just don't keep her all to yourself.

형이 그걸 독점할 권리는 없다구!

I got as much right to it as you do!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 독점하다 in Korean?

독점하다 (monopolize) is 독점하요 in the polite 해요체, 독점합니다 in formal 합니다체, 독점하 in casual 반말 and 독점한다 in the plain written style. The past is 독점핬어요.

What is the past tense of 독점하다?

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

Is 독점하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 독점합니다, 독점하, 독점하니 all keep 독점하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 독점하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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