거부하다 Korean verb conjugation

to refuse

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 거부하다 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
거부하는
아/어Infinitive
거부하
-으니Since
거부하니
합니다Formal
거부합니다

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 거부하요거부합니다거부하거부한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거부핬어요거부핬습니다거부핬어거부핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거부하겠어요거부하겠습니다거부하겠어거부하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거부할 거예요거부할 것입니다거부할 거야거부할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거부하요?거부합니까?거부하?거부하니?
과거Past 거부핬어요?거부핬습니까?거부핬어?거부핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거부하세요거부하십시오거부하거부하라
청유Let's 거부하요거부합시다거부하거부하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 거부하요안 거부합니다안 거부하안 거부한다
-지 않다Not (long) 거부하지 않아요거부하지 않습니다거부하지 않아거부하지 않는다
Cannot 못 거부하요못 거부합니다못 거부하못 거부한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거부하세요거부하십니다거부하셔거부하신다
과거Past 거부하셨어요거부하셨습니다거부하셨어거부하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
거부하는
과거Past
거부한
미래Future
거부할
회상Used to
거부하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
거부하고
-게-ly / so that
거부하게
-어서so / and then
거부하서
-으니까since
거부하니까
-으면if / when
거부하면
-지만but
거부하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거부하는데
-어도even if
거부하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거부하고 있어요거부하고 있습니다거부하고 있어거부하고 있다
과거Was doing 거부하고 있었어요거부하고 있었습니다거부하고 있었어거부하고 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.

외부의 도움을 거부하죠.

You get turned down for funding.

그녀는 저를 거부했어요.

And she threw me out.

트럼프는 그 관점을 완전히 거부합니다.

Trump totally repudiated that view.

우리는 그들을 거부하지 않고 함께 일하려고 해야합니다.

We're working with these rather than against them.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 거부하다 in Korean?

거부하다 (to refuse) is 거부하요 in the polite 해요체, 거부합니다 in formal 합니다체, 거부하 in casual 반말 and 거부한다 in the plain written style. The past is 거부핬어요.

What is the past tense of 거부하다?

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

Is 거부하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 거부합니다, 거부하, 거부하니 all keep 거부하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 거부하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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