질식하다

to choke, to suffocate

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
질식하는
아/어Infinitive
질식해
-으니Since
질식하니
합니다Formal
질식합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 질식해요질식합니다질식해질식한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 질식했어요질식했습니다질식했어질식했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 질식하겠어요질식하겠습니다질식하겠어질식하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 질식할 거예요질식할 것입니다질식할 거야질식할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 질식해요?질식합니까?질식해?질식하니?
과거Past 질식했어요?질식했습니까?질식했어?질식했니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 질식하세요질식하십시오질식해질식해라
청유Let's 질식해요질식합시다질식해질식하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 질식해요안 질식합니다안 질식해안 질식한다
-지 않다Not (long) 질식하지 않아요질식하지 않습니다질식하지 않아질식하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 질식해요못 질식합니다못 질식해못 질식한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 질식하세요질식하십니다질식하셔질식하신다
과거Past 질식하셨어요질식하셨습니다질식하셨어질식하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
질식하는
과거Past
질식한
미래Future
질식할
회상Used to
질식하던

Joining clauses

-고and
질식하고
-게-ly / so that
질식하게
-어서so / and then
질식해서
-으니까since
질식하니까
-으면if / when
질식하면
-지만but
질식하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
질식하는데
-어도even if
질식해도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 질식하고 있어요질식하고 있습니다질식하고 있어질식하고 있다
과거Was doing 질식하고 있었어요질식하고 있었습니다질식하고 있었어질식하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 엄격하게 정의되어 있는 아프리카의 남성성에 질식할 것만 같았습니다.

I felt suffocated by the rigid architecture of our African masculinity.

정말 질식할 것 같은 기분이 들기 시작합니다.

I really start to feel the suffocation.

거기로 가면 질식해 죽을 거야

If you go to it, you will choke and die.

모두 빼 버린다면 질식하고 말죠

One sure way to put it out is to smother it.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 질식하다 in Korean?

질식하다 (to choke, to suffocate) is 질식해요 in the polite 해요체, 질식합니다 in formal 합니다체, 질식해 in casual 반말 and 질식한다 in the plain written style. The past is 질식했어요.

What is the past tense of 질식하다?

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

Is 질식하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 질식하여 and 질식하니 but unchanged in 질식합니다.

What TOPIK level is 질식하다?

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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