감시하다 Korean verb conjugation

to watch

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 감시하다 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
감시하는
아/어Infinitive
감시하
-으니Since
감시하니
합니다Formal
감시합니다

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 감시하요감시합니다감시하감시한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 감시핬어요감시핬습니다감시핬어감시핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 감시하겠어요감시하겠습니다감시하겠어감시하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 감시할 거예요감시할 것입니다감시할 거야감시할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 감시하요?감시합니까?감시하?감시하니?
과거Past 감시핬어요?감시핬습니까?감시핬어?감시핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 감시하세요감시하십시오감시하감시하라
청유Let's 감시하요감시합시다감시하감시하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 감시하요안 감시합니다안 감시하안 감시한다
-지 않다Not (long) 감시하지 않아요감시하지 않습니다감시하지 않아감시하지 않는다
Cannot 못 감시하요못 감시합니다못 감시하못 감시한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 감시하세요감시하십니다감시하셔감시하신다
과거Past 감시하셨어요감시하셨습니다감시하셨어감시하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
감시하는
과거Past
감시한
미래Future
감시할
회상Used to
감시하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
감시하고
-게-ly / so that
감시하게
-어서so / and then
감시하서
-으니까since
감시하니까
-으면if / when
감시하면
-지만but
감시하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
감시하는데
-어도even if
감시하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 감시하고 있어요감시하고 있습니다감시하고 있어감시하고 있다
과거Was doing 감시하고 있었어요감시하고 있었습니다감시하고 있었어감시하고 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.

아이디어는 다음과 같습니다. 우리가 시장을 감시합니다.

The idea is the following. We monitor the markets.

근데 그렇다고 그들만 사람들을 감시할 수 있는 게 아닙니다.

But that doesn't mean that they're the only ones that can.

어부들은 서로를 감시했습니다.

The fisherman would keep an eye on each other.

저는 누가 저를 감시하는지를 감시하는 거죠.

I'm watching who's watching me.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 감시하다 in Korean?

감시하다 (to watch) is 감시하요 in the polite 해요체, 감시합니다 in formal 합니다체, 감시하 in casual 반말 and 감시한다 in the plain written style. The past is 감시핬어요.

What is the past tense of 감시하다?

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

Is 감시하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 감시합니다, 감시하, 감시하니 all keep 감시하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 감시하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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