호소하다 Korean verb conjugation

to appeal

Every form of 호소하다 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
호소하는
아/어Infinitive
호소해
-으니Since
호소하니
합니다Formal
호소합니다

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 호소해요호소합니다호소해호소한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 호소했어요호소했습니다호소했어호소했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 호소하겠어요호소하겠습니다호소하겠어호소하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 호소할 거예요호소할 것입니다호소할 거야호소할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 호소해요?호소합니까?호소해?호소하니?
과거Past 호소했어요?호소했습니까?호소했어?호소했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 호소하세요호소하십시오호소해호소해라
청유Let's 호소해요호소합시다호소해호소하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 호소해요안 호소합니다안 호소해안 호소한다
-지 않다Not (long) 호소하지 않아요호소하지 않습니다호소하지 않아호소하지 않는다
Cannot 못 호소해요못 호소합니다못 호소해못 호소한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 호소하세요호소하십니다호소하셔호소하신다
과거Past 호소하셨어요호소하셨습니다호소하셨어호소하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
호소하는
과거Past
호소한
미래Future
호소할
회상Used to
호소하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
호소하고
-게-ly / so that
호소하게
-어서so / and then
호소해서
-으니까since
호소하니까
-으면if / when
호소하면
-지만but
호소하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
호소하는데
-어도even if
호소해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 호소하고 있어요호소하고 있습니다호소하고 있어호소하고 있다
과거Was doing 호소하고 있었어요호소하고 있었습니다호소하고 있었어호소하고 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.

그리고 지금, 여러분 모두에게 호소합니다. 함께 찾아봅시다.

And now, I'm asking all of you to look up, too.

어린이는 몸짓으로 목이 마르다고 어머니에게 호소했다.

The child gestured to his mother that he was thirsty.

이제는 또 제약회사에 도의심을 호소해서 문제를 해결하려고 생각합니다.

Now, many people think that the solution to the problem is moral pressure on pharmaceutical companies.

권위에 호소하는 것은 논리적 오류라고 학교에서 배우지 않았나요?

And weren't we all taught in school that the appeal to authority is a logical fallacy?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 호소하다 in Korean?

호소하다 (to appeal) is 호소해요 in the polite 해요체, 호소합니다 in formal 합니다체, 호소해 in casual 반말 and 호소한다 in the plain written style. The past is 호소했어요.

What is the past tense of 호소하다?

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

Is 호소하다 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 호소하여 and 호소하니 but unchanged in 호소합니다.

What TOPIK level is 호소하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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