자부하다 Korean verb conjugation

to bloat, pretend

Every form of 자부하다 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
자부하는
아/어Infinitive
자부하
-으니Since
자부하니
합니다Formal
자부합니다

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 자부하요자부합니다자부하자부한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 자부핬어요자부핬습니다자부핬어자부핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 자부하겠어요자부하겠습니다자부하겠어자부하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 자부할 거예요자부할 것입니다자부할 거야자부할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 자부하요?자부합니까?자부하?자부하니?
과거Past 자부핬어요?자부핬습니까?자부핬어?자부핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 자부하세요자부하십시오자부하자부하라
청유Let's 자부하요자부합시다자부하자부하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 자부하요안 자부합니다안 자부하안 자부한다
-지 않다Not (long) 자부하지 않아요자부하지 않습니다자부하지 않아자부하지 않는다
Cannot 못 자부하요못 자부합니다못 자부하못 자부한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 자부하세요자부하십니다자부하셔자부하신다
과거Past 자부하셨어요자부하셨습니다자부하셨어자부하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
자부하는
과거Past
자부한
미래Future
자부할
회상Used to
자부하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
자부하고
-게-ly / so that
자부하게
-어서so / and then
자부하서
-으니까since
자부하니까
-으면if / when
자부하면
-지만but
자부하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
자부하는데
-어도even if
자부하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 자부하고 있어요자부하고 있습니다자부하고 있어자부하고 있다
과거Was doing 자부하고 있었어요자부하고 있었습니다자부하고 있었어자부하고 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.

많이 다뤄진 소재지만 이렇게 훌륭한 작품은 없었다고 자부합니다

A story told before, yes, but we like to flatter ourselves that it's never been told with this kind of distinction and panache.

그렇다면 이중 과연 몇분이 아이를 정말 올바른 방향으로 이끄는 방법을 안다고 자부할 수 있으신가요?

And how many of you are confident that you know how to bring up your children in exactly the right way?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 자부하다 in Korean?

자부하다 (to bloat, pretend) is 자부하요 in the polite 해요체, 자부합니다 in formal 합니다체, 자부하 in casual 반말 and 자부한다 in the plain written style. The past is 자부핬어요.

What is the past tense of 자부하다?

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

Is 자부하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 자부합니다, 자부하, 자부하니 all keep 자부하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 자부하다?

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.