결석하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be absent

Every form of 결석하다 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
결석하는
아/어Infinitive
결석해
-으니Since
결석하니
합니다Formal
결석합니다

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 결석해요결석합니다결석해결석한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 결석했어요결석했습니다결석했어결석했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 결석하겠어요결석하겠습니다결석하겠어결석하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 결석할 거예요결석할 것입니다결석할 거야결석할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 결석해요?결석합니까?결석해?결석하니?
과거Past 결석했어요?결석했습니까?결석했어?결석했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 결석하세요결석하십시오결석해결석해라
청유Let's 결석해요결석합시다결석해결석하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 결석해요안 결석합니다안 결석해안 결석한다
-지 않다Not (long) 결석하지 않아요결석하지 않습니다결석하지 않아결석하지 않는다
Cannot 못 결석해요못 결석합니다못 결석해못 결석한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 결석하세요결석하십니다결석하셔결석하신다
과거Past 결석하셨어요결석하셨습니다결석하셨어결석하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
결석하는
과거Past
결석한
미래Future
결석할
회상Used to
결석하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
결석하고
-게-ly / so that
결석하게
-어서so / and then
결석해서
-으니까since
결석하니까
-으면if / when
결석하면
-지만but
결석하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
결석하는데
-어도even if
결석해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 결석하고 있어요결석하고 있습니다결석하고 있어결석하고 있다
과거Was doing 결석하고 있었어요결석하고 있었습니다결석하고 있었어결석하고 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.

나는 지난 월요일에 결석했다.

I didn't go to school last Monday.

저는 7학년 때 60번 넘게 결석했습니다. 그냥 수업이 듣기 싫었어요.

I had over 60 absences when I was in seventh grade, because I didn't feel like going to class.

미키와 리사의 말대로는 신작 게임이 출시되는 날이라 결석한 적도 있다고 한다.

Judy and Murray come in to tell them the speeches are about to begin.

그는 자퇴할 것을 고민한 적도 있었고 그의 고등학교 음악 선생님은 그가 어려운 환경 때문에 자주 결석했다고 증언했다.

Choi seriously thought about dropping out of high school, and his music teacher testified that he was often absent because of the underprivileged surroundings.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 결석하다 in Korean?

결석하다 (to be absent) is 결석해요 in the polite 해요체, 결석합니다 in formal 합니다체, 결석해 in casual 반말 and 결석한다 in the plain written style. The past is 결석했어요.

What is the past tense of 결석하다?

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

Is 결석하다 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 결석하여 and 결석하니 but unchanged in 결석합니다.

What TOPIK level is 결석하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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