공손하다 Korean adjective conjugation

polite, courteous, well-mannered

Every form of 공손하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
공손한
아/어Infinitive
공손해
-으니Since
공손하니
합니다Formal
공손합니다

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 공손해요공손합니다공손해공손하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 공손했어요공손했습니다공손했어공손했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 공손하겠어요공손하겠습니다공손하겠어공손하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 공손할 거예요공손할 것입니다공손할 거야공손할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 공손해요?공손합니까?공손해?공손하니?
과거Past 공손했어요?공손했습니까?공손했어?공손했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 공손해요안 공손합니다안 공손해안 공손하다
-지 않다Not (long) 공손하지 않아요공손하지 않습니다공손하지 않아공손하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 공손하세요공손하십니다공손하셔공손하시다
과거Past 공손하셨어요공손하셨습니다공손하셨어공손하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
공손한
과거Past
공손한
미래Future
공손할
회상Used to
공손하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
공손하고
-게-ly / so that
공손하게
-어서so / and then
공손해서
-으니까since
공손하니까
-으면if / when
공손하면
-지만but
공손하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
공손한데
-어도even if
공손해도

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.

모든 사람들은 공손하게 박수를 쳤습니다.

Everybody applauded politely.

공손함이라는 기준이 그들의 발전을 막고 있었는데,

The norm of politeness was blocking their progress.

너희 둘은 참 공손하구나.

You're both very polite.

공손치 못한 짓이오

It wouldn't be polite.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 공손하다 in Korean?

공손하다 (polite, courteous, well-mannered) is 공손해요 in the polite 해요체, 공손합니다 in formal 합니다체, 공손해 in casual 반말 and 공손하다 in the plain written style. The past is 공손했어요.

What is the past tense of 공손하다?

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

Is 공손하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 공손하여 and 공손하니 but unchanged in 공손합니다.

What TOPIK level is 공손하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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