굴복하다 Korean verb conjugation

to submit

Every form of 굴복하다 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
굴복하는
아/어Infinitive
굴복하
-으니Since
굴복하니
합니다Formal
굴복합니다

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 굴복하요굴복합니다굴복하굴복한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 굴복핬어요굴복핬습니다굴복핬어굴복핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 굴복하겠어요굴복하겠습니다굴복하겠어굴복하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 굴복할 거예요굴복할 것입니다굴복할 거야굴복할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 굴복하요?굴복합니까?굴복하?굴복하니?
과거Past 굴복핬어요?굴복핬습니까?굴복핬어?굴복핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 굴복하세요굴복하십시오굴복하굴복하라
청유Let's 굴복하요굴복합시다굴복하굴복하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 굴복하요안 굴복합니다안 굴복하안 굴복한다
-지 않다Not (long) 굴복하지 않아요굴복하지 않습니다굴복하지 않아굴복하지 않는다
Cannot 못 굴복하요못 굴복합니다못 굴복하못 굴복한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 굴복하세요굴복하십니다굴복하셔굴복하신다
과거Past 굴복하셨어요굴복하셨습니다굴복하셨어굴복하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
굴복하는
과거Past
굴복한
미래Future
굴복할
회상Used to
굴복하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
굴복하고
-게-ly / so that
굴복하게
-어서so / and then
굴복하서
-으니까since
굴복하니까
-으면if / when
굴복하면
-지만but
굴복하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
굴복하는데
-어도even if
굴복하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 굴복하고 있어요굴복하고 있습니다굴복하고 있어굴복하고 있다
과거Was doing 굴복하고 있었어요굴복하고 있었습니다굴복하고 있었어굴복하고 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.

공포에 굴복하여 살아남을 수는 있습니다.

You can survive crawling along, fearful.

하지만 절망에 굴복할 수는 없습니다.

But we can't give in to despair.

굴복하는 나머지들은 매일 고통의 시간을 겪게 됩니다.

But the rest, who succumb into it, go through everyday torture.

다행히 회사가 화재 하나에 굴복하는 일은 자주 없습니다.

Now fortunately, few companies succumb to catastrophic fires.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 굴복하다 in Korean?

굴복하다 (to submit) is 굴복하요 in the polite 해요체, 굴복합니다 in formal 합니다체, 굴복하 in casual 반말 and 굴복한다 in the plain written style. The past is 굴복핬어요.

What is the past tense of 굴복하다?

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

Is 굴복하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 굴복합니다, 굴복하, 굴복하니 all keep 굴복하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 굴복하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.