흡수하다

to absorb

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
흡수하는
아/어Infinitive
흡수하
-으니Since
흡수하니
합니다Formal
흡수합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흡수하요흡수합니다흡수하흡수한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흡수핬어요흡수핬습니다흡수핬어흡수핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흡수하겠어요흡수하겠습니다흡수하겠어흡수하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흡수할 거예요흡수할 것입니다흡수할 거야흡수할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흡수하요?흡수합니까?흡수하?흡수하니?
과거Past 흡수핬어요?흡수핬습니까?흡수핬어?흡수핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 흡수하세요흡수하십시오흡수하흡수하라
청유Let's 흡수하요흡수합시다흡수하흡수하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 흡수하요안 흡수합니다안 흡수하안 흡수한다
-지 않다Not (long) 흡수하지 않아요흡수하지 않습니다흡수하지 않아흡수하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 흡수하요못 흡수합니다못 흡수하못 흡수한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흡수하세요흡수하십니다흡수하셔흡수하신다
과거Past 흡수하셨어요흡수하셨습니다흡수하셨어흡수하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
흡수하는
과거Past
흡수한
미래Future
흡수할
회상Used to
흡수하던

Joining clauses

-고and
흡수하고
-게-ly / so that
흡수하게
-어서so / and then
흡수하서
-으니까since
흡수하니까
-으면if / when
흡수하면
-지만but
흡수하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흡수하는데
-어도even if
흡수하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 흡수하고 있어요흡수하고 있습니다흡수하고 있어흡수하고 있다
과거Was doing 흡수하고 있었어요흡수하고 있었습니다흡수하고 있었어흡수하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아니면 산소를 더 많이 흡수하도록

Maybe you make them absorb more oxygen.

수면 중에 여전히 여러분은 예술을 흡수합니다.

In sleeping, you're still receiving art.

그리고 자라면서 바다의 화학 물질을 흡수하죠.

And as it grows, it takes in chemicals from the ocean.

이 얇은 막은 태양으로부터 에너지를 흡수할 수 있습니다.

The resulting thin layer is the active layer, absorbing the energy of the sun.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 흡수하다 in Korean?

흡수하다 (to absorb) is 흡수하요 in the polite 해요체, 흡수합니다 in formal 합니다체, 흡수하 in casual 반말 and 흡수한다 in the plain written style. The past is 흡수핬어요.

What is the past tense of 흡수하다?

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

Is 흡수하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흡수합니다, 흡수하, 흡수하니 all keep 흡수하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흡수하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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