잉태하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be pregnant

Every form of 잉태하다 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
잉태하는
아/어Infinitive
잉태하
-으니Since
잉태하니
합니다Formal
잉태합니다

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 잉태하요잉태합니다잉태하잉태한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잉태핬어요잉태핬습니다잉태핬어잉태핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잉태하겠어요잉태하겠습니다잉태하겠어잉태하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잉태할 거예요잉태할 것입니다잉태할 거야잉태할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잉태하요?잉태합니까?잉태하?잉태하니?
과거Past 잉태핬어요?잉태핬습니까?잉태핬어?잉태핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잉태하세요잉태하십시오잉태하잉태하라
청유Let's 잉태하요잉태합시다잉태하잉태하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 잉태하요안 잉태합니다안 잉태하안 잉태한다
-지 않다Not (long) 잉태하지 않아요잉태하지 않습니다잉태하지 않아잉태하지 않는다
Cannot 못 잉태하요못 잉태합니다못 잉태하못 잉태한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잉태하세요잉태하십니다잉태하셔잉태하신다
과거Past 잉태하셨어요잉태하셨습니다잉태하셨어잉태하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
잉태하는
과거Past
잉태한
미래Future
잉태할
회상Used to
잉태하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
잉태하고
-게-ly / so that
잉태하게
-어서so / and then
잉태하서
-으니까since
잉태하니까
-으면if / when
잉태하면
-지만but
잉태하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잉태하는데
-어도even if
잉태하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잉태하고 있어요잉태하고 있습니다잉태하고 있어잉태하고 있다
과거Was doing 잉태하고 있었어요잉태하고 있었습니다잉태하고 있었어잉태하고 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.

예, 저는 아름다운 아내가 있고 첫 아들을 잉태했습니다.

Yeah, I've got a gorgeous wife, we're pregnant with our first son.

이거 먹으면은 백발백중 잉태한다는구나

This pill will make you get pregnant.

그들은 "생명을 잉태할 수 있는 능력이요"라고 했습니다.

They said, "Well, it's her ability to bear children."

생명을 잉태할 수 있도록 해주는 월경은 실로 아름다운 것이기 때문입니다.

Because how could the monthly cycle that ultimately gives rise to all creation be anything less than beautiful?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 잉태하다 in Korean?

잉태하다 (to be pregnant) is 잉태하요 in the polite 해요체, 잉태합니다 in formal 합니다체, 잉태하 in casual 반말 and 잉태한다 in the plain written style. The past is 잉태핬어요.

What is the past tense of 잉태하다?

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

Is 잉태하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잉태합니다, 잉태하, 잉태하니 all keep 잉태하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잉태하다?

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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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.