합리화하다 Korean verb conjugation

to rationalize sth

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 합리화하다 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: 합리화하는
아/어Infinitive: 합리화하
-으니Since: 합리화하니
합니다Formal: 합리화합니다

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	합리화하요	합리화합니다	합리화하	합리화한다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	합리화핬어요	합리화핬습니다	합리화핬어	합리화핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	합리화하겠어요	합리화하겠습니다	합리화하겠어	합리화하겠다
-을 것이다Going to	합리화할 거예요	합리화할 것입니다	합리화할 거야	합리화할 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	합리화하요?	합리화합니까?	합리화하?	합리화하니?
과거Past	합리화핬어요?	합리화핬습니까?	합리화핬어?	합리화핬니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	합리화하세요	합리화하십시오	합리화하	합리화하라
청유Let's	합리화하요	합리화합시다	합리화하	합리화하자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 합리화하요	안 합리화합니다	안 합리화하	안 합리화한다
-지 않다Not (long)	합리화하지 않아요	합리화하지 않습니다	합리화하지 않아	합리화하지 않는다
못Cannot	못 합리화하요	못 합리화합니다	못 합리화하	못 합리화한다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	합리화하세요	합리화하십니다	합리화하셔	합리화하신다
과거Past	합리화하셨어요	합리화하셨습니다	합리화하셨어	합리화하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 합리화하는
과거Past: 합리화한
미래Future: 합리화할
회상Used to: 합리화하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 합리화하고
-게-ly / so that: 합리화하게
-어서so / and then: 합리화하서
-으니까since: 합리화하니까
-으면if / when: 합리화하면
-지만but: 합리화하지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 합리화하는데
-어도even if: 합리화하도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	합리화하고 있어요	합리화하고 있습니다	합리화하고 있어	합리화하고 있다
과거Was doing	합리화하고 있었어요	합리화하고 있었습니다	합리화하고 있었어	합리화하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

1이 2를 합리화하다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

어떻게 인터넷 통제 정책을 합리화하는가?

Rationalising Internet Control Policies

갑자기 그동안의 편견을 정당화할 수도, 합리화할 수도 없었습니다.

And suddenly, I couldn't rationalize or justify the prejudice that I had in my head.

난 항상 혼자 지내는 걸 좋아한다고 합리화했거든

I came to terms with being alone for the rest of my life.

제 행동으로 인해 소르디스가 겪었을 엄청난 트라우마를 외면하며 제 자신을 합리화했습니다.

My definition of my actions completely refuted any recognition of the immense trauma I caused Thordis.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 합리화하다 in Korean?

합리화하다 (to rationalize sth) is 합리화하요 in the polite 해요체, 합리화합니다 in formal 합니다체, 합리화하 in casual 반말 and 합리화한다 in the plain written style. The past is 합리화핬어요.

What is the past tense of 합리화하다?

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

Is 합리화하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 합리화합니다, 합리화하, 합리화하니 all keep 합리화하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 합리화하다?

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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