거절하다

to refuse, to reject

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거절하는
아/어Infinitive
거절하
-으니Since
거절하니
합니다Formal
거절합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거절하요거절합니다거절하거절한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거절핬어요거절핬습니다거절핬어거절핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거절하겠어요거절하겠습니다거절하겠어거절하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거절할 거예요거절할 것입니다거절할 거야거절할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거절하요?거절합니까?거절하?거절하니?
과거Past 거절핬어요?거절핬습니까?거절핬어?거절핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거절하세요거절하십시오거절하거절하라
청유Let's 거절하요거절합시다거절하거절하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거절하요안 거절합니다안 거절하안 거절한다
-지 않다Not (long) 거절하지 않아요거절하지 않습니다거절하지 않아거절하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 거절하요못 거절합니다못 거절하못 거절한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거절하세요거절하십니다거절하셔거절하신다
과거Past 거절하셨어요거절하셨습니다거절하셨어거절하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거절하는
과거Past
거절한
미래Future
거절할
회상Used to
거절하던

Joining clauses

-고and
거절하고
-게-ly / so that
거절하게
-어서so / and then
거절하서
-으니까since
거절하니까
-으면if / when
거절하면
-지만but
거절하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거절하는데
-어도even if
거절하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거절하고 있어요거절하고 있습니다거절하고 있어거절하고 있다
과거Was doing 거절하고 있었어요거절하고 있었습니다거절하고 있었어거절하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 사람들은 거절했어.

They refused.

두 분 다 거절했습니다.

They all refused.

반면 5번 실험에선 90%가 거절했죠.

In study five, if you see people rebel, 90 percent rebel.

저는 제 삶의 방향을 알았기에 거절했습니다.

I said no because I knew where I was going.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거절하다 in Korean?

거절하다 (to refuse, to reject) is 거절하요 in the polite 해요체, 거절합니다 in formal 합니다체, 거절하 in casual 반말 and 거절한다 in the plain written style. The past is 거절핬어요.

What is the past tense of 거절하다?

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

Is 거절하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 거절합니다, 거절하, 거절하니 all keep 거절하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 거절하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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