합리화하다

to rationalize sth

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
합리화하는
아/어Infinitive
합리화하
-으니Since
합리화하니
합니다Formal
합리화합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 합리화하요합리화합니다합리화하합리화한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 합리화핬어요합리화핬습니다합리화핬어합리화핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 합리화하겠어요합리화하겠습니다합리화하겠어합리화하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 합리화할 거예요합리화할 것입니다합리화할 거야합리화할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 합리화하요?합리화합니까?합리화하?합리화하니?
과거Past 합리화핬어요?합리화핬습니까?합리화핬어?합리화핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 합리화하세요합리화하십시오합리화하합리화하라
청유Let's 합리화하요합리화합시다합리화하합리화하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 합리화하요안 합리화합니다안 합리화하안 합리화한다
-지 않다Not (long) 합리화하지 않아요합리화하지 않습니다합리화하지 않아합리화하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 합리화하요못 합리화합니다못 합리화하못 합리화한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 합리화하세요합리화하십니다합리화하셔합리화하신다
과거Past 합리화하셨어요합리화하셨습니다합리화하셨어합리화하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
합리화하는
과거Past
합리화한
미래Future
합리화할
회상Used to
합리화하던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 합리화하고 있어요합리화하고 있습니다합리화하고 있어합리화하고 있다
과거Was doing 합리화하고 있었어요합리화하고 있었습니다합리화하고 있었어합리화하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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