접촉하다 Korean verb conjugation

to come into contact with, to touch

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 접촉하다 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
접촉하는
아/어Infinitive
접촉하
-으니Since
접촉하니
합니다Formal
접촉합니다

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 접촉하요접촉합니다접촉하접촉한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 접촉핬어요접촉핬습니다접촉핬어접촉핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 접촉하겠어요접촉하겠습니다접촉하겠어접촉하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 접촉할 거예요접촉할 것입니다접촉할 거야접촉할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 접촉하요?접촉합니까?접촉하?접촉하니?
과거Past 접촉핬어요?접촉핬습니까?접촉핬어?접촉핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 접촉하세요접촉하십시오접촉하접촉하라
청유Let's 접촉하요접촉합시다접촉하접촉하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 접촉하요안 접촉합니다안 접촉하안 접촉한다
-지 않다Not (long) 접촉하지 않아요접촉하지 않습니다접촉하지 않아접촉하지 않는다
Cannot 못 접촉하요못 접촉합니다못 접촉하못 접촉한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 접촉하세요접촉하십니다접촉하셔접촉하신다
과거Past 접촉하셨어요접촉하셨습니다접촉하셨어접촉하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
접촉하는
과거Past
접촉한
미래Future
접촉할
회상Used to
접촉하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
접촉하고
-게-ly / so that
접촉하게
-어서so / and then
접촉하서
-으니까since
접촉하니까
-으면if / when
접촉하면
-지만but
접촉하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
접촉하는데
-어도even if
접촉하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 접촉하고 있어요접촉하고 있습니다접촉하고 있어접촉하고 있다
과거Was doing 접촉하고 있었어요접촉하고 있었습니다접촉하고 있었어접촉하고 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.

인류와 접촉한 적이 한 번도 없었죠.

They have never been in contact with humans.

그런 질병에 아무도 접촉한 적이 없다는 뜻입니다.

This would mean that no one in the city has ever had contact with the disease.

일반 카메라로 환자에 접촉하지 않고도 측정할 수 있습니다.

And we can do it with regular cameras and without touching the patients.

아시다시피 이 팟캐스트를 위해 많은 사람들을 접촉했는데요.

You know, I've reached out to a lot of people for this podcast.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 접촉하다 in Korean?

접촉하다 (to come into contact with, to touch) is 접촉하요 in the polite 해요체, 접촉합니다 in formal 합니다체, 접촉하 in casual 반말 and 접촉한다 in the plain written style. The past is 접촉핬어요.

What is the past tense of 접촉하다?

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

Is 접촉하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 접촉합니다, 접촉하, 접촉하니 all keep 접촉하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 접촉하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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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.