활용하다 Korean verb conjugation

to make use of

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 활용하다 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
활용하는
아/어Infinitive
활용하
-으니Since
활용하니
합니다Formal
활용합니다

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 활용하요활용합니다활용하활용한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 활용핬어요활용핬습니다활용핬어활용핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 활용하겠어요활용하겠습니다활용하겠어활용하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 활용할 거예요활용할 것입니다활용할 거야활용할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 활용하요?활용합니까?활용하?활용하니?
과거Past 활용핬어요?활용핬습니까?활용핬어?활용핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 활용하세요활용하십시오활용하활용하라
청유Let's 활용하요활용합시다활용하활용하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 활용하요안 활용합니다안 활용하안 활용한다
-지 않다Not (long) 활용하지 않아요활용하지 않습니다활용하지 않아활용하지 않는다
Cannot 못 활용하요못 활용합니다못 활용하못 활용한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 활용하세요활용하십니다활용하셔활용하신다
과거Past 활용하셨어요활용하셨습니다활용하셨어활용하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
활용하는
과거Past
활용한
미래Future
활용할
회상Used to
활용하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
활용하고
-게-ly / so that
활용하게
-어서so / and then
활용하서
-으니까since
활용하니까
-으면if / when
활용하면
-지만but
활용하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
활용하는데
-어도even if
활용하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 활용하고 있어요활용하고 있습니다활용하고 있어활용하고 있다
과거Was doing 활용하고 있었어요활용하고 있었습니다활용하고 있었어활용하고 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.

이 능력도 활용해보자라고 생각했어요.

So I thought maybe I could turn that up.

물을 재활용 하는 방법이 또 있습니다.

There's another way we can recycle water.

이 방법을 활용한다면, 모두가 이기게 됩니다.

With this approach, everyone wins.

여기서 질문은, 이 자원을 어떻게 활용할 수 있을까요?

The question then is, how do we tap into this?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 활용하다 in Korean?

활용하다 (to make use of) is 활용하요 in the polite 해요체, 활용합니다 in formal 합니다체, 활용하 in casual 반말 and 활용한다 in the plain written style. The past is 활용핬어요.

What is the past tense of 활용하다?

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

Is 활용하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 활용합니다, 활용하, 활용하니 all keep 활용하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 활용하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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