진정하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be genuine

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 진정하다 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
진정한
아/어Infinitive
진정하
-으니Since
진정하니
합니다Formal
진정합니다

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 진정하요진정합니다진정하진정하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 진정핬어요진정핬습니다진정핬어진정핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 진정하겠어요진정하겠습니다진정하겠어진정하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 진정할 거예요진정할 것입니다진정할 거야진정할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진정하요?진정합니까?진정하?진정하니?
과거Past 진정핬어요?진정핬습니까?진정핬어?진정핬니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 진정하요안 진정합니다안 진정하안 진정하다
-지 않다Not (long) 진정하지 않아요진정하지 않습니다진정하지 않아진정하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진정하세요진정하십니다진정하셔진정하시다
과거Past 진정하셨어요진정하셨습니다진정하셨어진정하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
진정한
과거Past
진정한
미래Future
진정할
회상Used to
진정하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
진정하고
-게-ly / so that
진정하게
-어서so / and then
진정하서
-으니까since
진정하니까
-으면if / when
진정하면
-지만but
진정하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
진정한데
-어도even if
진정하도

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.

그것이 진정한 경제성장이죠.

That's real economic growth.

이것는 진정한 산업 혁명입니다.

That really is an industrial revolution.

그럼 왜 진정한 5G가 아직 없을까요?

So the question is, why is true 5G not here?

하지만 만약 여성들이 진정한 정치적 힘이 있다고 상상해 보세요.

But imagine if women actually had political power.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 진정하다 in Korean?

진정하다 (to be genuine) is 진정하요 in the polite 해요체, 진정합니다 in formal 합니다체, 진정하 in casual 반말 and 진정하다 in the plain written style. The past is 진정핬어요.

What is the past tense of 진정하다?

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

Is 진정하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 진정합니다, 진정하, 진정하니 all keep 진정하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 진정하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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