정당화하다 Korean verb conjugation

to warrant, to sanctify, to normalize/justify

Every form of 정당화하다 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
정당화하는
아/어Infinitive
정당화하
-으니Since
정당화하니
합니다Formal
정당화합니다

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 정당화하요정당화합니다정당화하정당화한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 정당화핬어요정당화핬습니다정당화핬어정당화핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 정당화하겠어요정당화하겠습니다정당화하겠어정당화하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 정당화할 거예요정당화할 것입니다정당화할 거야정당화할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정당화하요?정당화합니까?정당화하?정당화하니?
과거Past 정당화핬어요?정당화핬습니까?정당화핬어?정당화핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 정당화하세요정당화하십시오정당화하정당화하라
청유Let's 정당화하요정당화합시다정당화하정당화하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 정당화하요안 정당화합니다안 정당화하안 정당화한다
-지 않다Not (long) 정당화하지 않아요정당화하지 않습니다정당화하지 않아정당화하지 않는다
Cannot 못 정당화하요못 정당화합니다못 정당화하못 정당화한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정당화하세요정당화하십니다정당화하셔정당화하신다
과거Past 정당화하셨어요정당화하셨습니다정당화하셨어정당화하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
정당화하는
과거Past
정당화한
미래Future
정당화할
회상Used to
정당화하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
정당화하고
-게-ly / so that
정당화하게
-어서so / and then
정당화하서
-으니까since
정당화하니까
-으면if / when
정당화하면
-지만but
정당화하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
정당화하는데
-어도even if
정당화하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 정당화하고 있어요정당화하고 있습니다정당화하고 있어정당화하고 있다
과거Was doing 정당화하고 있었어요정당화하고 있었습니다정당화하고 있었어정당화하고 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.

그들이 쓴 걸 정당화하는 건 아니구요, 아시죠?

Not to justify what they wrote, right?

범죄를 정당화하지 마

Don't try and justify your actions.

그렇게 정당화하면 마음이 편해지나?

I won't justify your insanity to make you feel better about yourself.

누군가를 해치는 자신의 행동을 정당화하는 주문처럼 말이죠.

And this mantra to justify their behaviour of hurting somebody.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 정당화하다 in Korean?

정당화하다 (to warrant, to sanctify, to normalize/justify) is 정당화하요 in the polite 해요체, 정당화합니다 in formal 합니다체, 정당화하 in casual 반말 and 정당화한다 in the plain written style. The past is 정당화핬어요.

What is the past tense of 정당화하다?

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

Is 정당화하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 정당화합니다, 정당화하, 정당화하니 all keep 정당화하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 정당화하다?

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.