저지하다 Korean verb conjugation

to obstruct

Every form of 저지하다 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
저지하는
아/어Infinitive
저지하
-으니Since
저지하니
합니다Formal
저지합니다

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 저지하요저지합니다저지하저지한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 저지핬어요저지핬습니다저지핬어저지핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 저지하겠어요저지하겠습니다저지하겠어저지하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 저지할 거예요저지할 것입니다저지할 거야저지할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 저지하요?저지합니까?저지하?저지하니?
과거Past 저지핬어요?저지핬습니까?저지핬어?저지핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 저지하세요저지하십시오저지하저지하라
청유Let's 저지하요저지합시다저지하저지하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 저지하요안 저지합니다안 저지하안 저지한다
-지 않다Not (long) 저지하지 않아요저지하지 않습니다저지하지 않아저지하지 않는다
Cannot 못 저지하요못 저지합니다못 저지하못 저지한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 저지하세요저지하십니다저지하셔저지하신다
과거Past 저지하셨어요저지하셨습니다저지하셨어저지하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
저지하는
과거Past
저지한
미래Future
저지할
회상Used to
저지하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
저지하고
-게-ly / so that
저지하게
-어서so / and then
저지하서
-으니까since
저지하니까
-으면if / when
저지하면
-지만but
저지하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
저지하는데
-어도even if
저지하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 저지하고 있어요저지하고 있습니다저지하고 있어저지하고 있다
과거Was doing 저지하고 있었어요저지하고 있었습니다저지하고 있었어저지하고 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.

앞서 경찰은 시위를 저지하려고 시도한 적이 있었다.

A letter from the Commissioner of Police stated:

어떤 나라들은 HIV의 파도를 저지할 좋은 법을 가지고 있습니다.

Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV.

스테판은 그를 저지합니다.

Stepan cuts him off.

우리가 저지해 보겠다

H1 will try to stall them.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 저지하다 in Korean?

저지하다 (to obstruct) is 저지하요 in the polite 해요체, 저지합니다 in formal 합니다체, 저지하 in casual 반말 and 저지한다 in the plain written style. The past is 저지핬어요.

What is the past tense of 저지하다?

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

Is 저지하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 저지합니다, 저지하, 저지하니 all keep 저지하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 저지하다?

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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