전진하다 Korean verb conjugation

to advance

Every form of 전진하다 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
전진하는
아/어Infinitive
전진하
-으니Since
전진하니
합니다Formal
전진합니다

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 전진하요전진합니다전진하전진한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 전진핬어요전진핬습니다전진핬어전진핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 전진하겠어요전진하겠습니다전진하겠어전진하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 전진할 거예요전진할 것입니다전진할 거야전진할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 전진하요?전진합니까?전진하?전진하니?
과거Past 전진핬어요?전진핬습니까?전진핬어?전진핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 전진하세요전진하십시오전진하전진하라
청유Let's 전진하요전진합시다전진하전진하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 전진하요안 전진합니다안 전진하안 전진한다
-지 않다Not (long) 전진하지 않아요전진하지 않습니다전진하지 않아전진하지 않는다
Cannot 못 전진하요못 전진합니다못 전진하못 전진한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 전진하세요전진하십니다전진하셔전진하신다
과거Past 전진하셨어요전진하셨습니다전진하셨어전진하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
전진하는
과거Past
전진한
미래Future
전진할
회상Used to
전진하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
전진하고
-게-ly / so that
전진하게
-어서so / and then
전진하서
-으니까since
전진하니까
-으면if / when
전진하면
-지만but
전진하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
전진하는데
-어도even if
전진하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 전진하고 있어요전진하고 있습니다전진하고 있어전진하고 있다
과거Was doing 전진하고 있었어요전진하고 있었습니다전진하고 있었어전진하고 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.

그들은 용감한 말을 타고 전진해서 공격했죠.

They rode towards him on their valiant steeds and attacked.

제 철학의 세 번째는 계속 전진하라는 것입니다.

The third aspect to the philosophy is, Keep moving forward.

스스로 격려 연설을 해 주고 일어나서 전진하는 겁니다.

Give yourself a pep talk, stand up, and go for it.

그리고 전진했습니다.

And there has been headway.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 전진하다 in Korean?

전진하다 (to advance) is 전진하요 in the polite 해요체, 전진합니다 in formal 합니다체, 전진하 in casual 반말 and 전진한다 in the plain written style. The past is 전진핬어요.

What is the past tense of 전진하다?

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

Is 전진하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 전진합니다, 전진하, 전진하니 all keep 전진하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 전진하다?

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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