겸하다

to serve also as

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
겸하는
아/어Infinitive
겸해
-으니Since
겸하니
합니다Formal
겸합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겸해요겸합니다겸해겸한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겸했어요겸했습니다겸했어겸했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 겸하겠어요겸하겠습니다겸하겠어겸하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 겸할 거예요겸할 것입니다겸할 거야겸할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겸해요?겸합니까?겸해?겸하니?
과거Past 겸했어요?겸했습니까?겸했어?겸했니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 겸하세요겸하십시오겸해겸해라
청유Let's 겸해요겸합시다겸해겸하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 겸해요안 겸합니다안 겸해안 겸한다
-지 않다Not (long) 겸하지 않아요겸하지 않습니다겸하지 않아겸하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 겸해요못 겸합니다못 겸해못 겸한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겸하세요겸하십니다겸하셔겸하신다
과거Past 겸하셨어요겸하셨습니다겸하셨어겸하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
겸하는
과거Past
겸한
미래Future
겸할
회상Used to
겸하던

Joining clauses

-고and
겸하고
-게-ly / so that
겸하게
-어서so / and then
겸해서
-으니까since
겸하니까
-으면if / when
겸하면
-지만but
겸하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
겸하는데
-어도even if
겸해도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 겸하고 있어요겸하고 있습니다겸하고 있어겸하고 있다
과거Was doing 겸하고 있었어요겸하고 있었습니다겸하고 있었어겸하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

불어 선생님은 테니스 코치도 겸하고 있어요.

The French teacher is also a tennis coach.

집이 정리되면, 구경할 겸해서 놀러 오십시오.

When the house is cleared up, come to visit (me) and have a look.

저자는 한스 아스퍼거 였고 1930년대 비엔나에서 학교와 병원을 겸해서 운영했습니다.

Its author was a man named Hans Asperger, who ran a combination clinic and residential school in Vienna in the 1930s.

제가 직접 선수도 가지만 그런 무대를 만드는 일도 겸해서 하고 있습니다

Though I take part directly in these wild races, I also work to make similar platforms

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겸하다 in Korean?

겸하다 (to serve also as) is 겸해요 in the polite 해요체, 겸합니다 in formal 합니다체, 겸해 in casual 반말 and 겸한다 in the plain written style. The past is 겸했어요.

What is the past tense of 겸하다?

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

Is 겸하다 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 겸하여 and 겸하니 but unchanged in 겸합니다.

What TOPIK level is 겸하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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