효도하다

to be a dutiful child

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
효도하는
아/어Infinitive
효도하
-으니Since
효도하니
합니다Formal
효도합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 효도하요효도합니다효도하효도한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 효도핬어요효도핬습니다효도핬어효도핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 효도하겠어요효도하겠습니다효도하겠어효도하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 효도할 거예요효도할 것입니다효도할 거야효도할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 효도하요?효도합니까?효도하?효도하니?
과거Past 효도핬어요?효도핬습니까?효도핬어?효도핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 효도하세요효도하십시오효도하효도하라
청유Let's 효도하요효도합시다효도하효도하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 효도하요안 효도합니다안 효도하안 효도한다
-지 않다Not (long) 효도하지 않아요효도하지 않습니다효도하지 않아효도하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 효도하요못 효도합니다못 효도하못 효도한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 효도하세요효도하십니다효도하셔효도하신다
과거Past 효도하셨어요효도하셨습니다효도하셨어효도하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
효도하는
과거Past
효도한
미래Future
효도할
회상Used to
효도하던

Joining clauses

-고and
효도하고
-게-ly / so that
효도하게
-어서so / and then
효도하서
-으니까since
효도하니까
-으면if / when
효도하면
-지만but
효도하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
효도하는데
-어도even if
효도하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 효도하고 있어요효도하고 있습니다효도하고 있어효도하고 있다
과거Was doing 효도하고 있었어요효도하고 있었습니다효도하고 있었어효도하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

허목은 통인 아이에게 생부를 찾아 주고는, 생부모와 양부모 모두에게 효도하라고 말했다.

Here Father consoles Mary and tells that he will explain everything to her parents and brother.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 효도하다 in Korean?

효도하다 (to be a dutiful child) is 효도하요 in the polite 해요체, 효도합니다 in formal 합니다체, 효도하 in casual 반말 and 효도한다 in the plain written style. The past is 효도핬어요.

What is the past tense of 효도하다?

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

Is 효도하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 효도합니다, 효도하, 효도하니 all keep 효도하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 효도하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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