졸업하다 Korean verb conjugation

to graduate

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 졸업하다 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
졸업하는
아/어Infinitive
졸업하
-으니Since
졸업하니
합니다Formal
졸업합니다

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 졸업하요졸업합니다졸업하졸업한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 졸업핬어요졸업핬습니다졸업핬어졸업핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 졸업하겠어요졸업하겠습니다졸업하겠어졸업하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 졸업할 거예요졸업할 것입니다졸업할 거야졸업할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 졸업하요?졸업합니까?졸업하?졸업하니?
과거Past 졸업핬어요?졸업핬습니까?졸업핬어?졸업핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 졸업하세요졸업하십시오졸업하졸업하라
청유Let's 졸업하요졸업합시다졸업하졸업하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 졸업하요안 졸업합니다안 졸업하안 졸업한다
-지 않다Not (long) 졸업하지 않아요졸업하지 않습니다졸업하지 않아졸업하지 않는다
Cannot 못 졸업하요못 졸업합니다못 졸업하못 졸업한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 졸업하세요졸업하십니다졸업하셔졸업하신다
과거Past 졸업하셨어요졸업하셨습니다졸업하셨어졸업하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
졸업하는
과거Past
졸업한
미래Future
졸업할
회상Used to
졸업하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
졸업하고
-게-ly / so that
졸업하게
-어서so / and then
졸업하서
-으니까since
졸업하니까
-으면if / when
졸업하면
-지만but
졸업하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
졸업하는데
-어도even if
졸업하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 졸업하고 있어요졸업하고 있습니다졸업하고 있어졸업하고 있다
과거Was doing 졸업하고 있었어요졸업하고 있었습니다졸업하고 있었어졸업하고 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.

그는 대학도 졸업하지 못했습니다.

He never finishes college.

고등학교를 졸업하고, 어떤 분을 만나

And I finished high school.

졸업하면서도, 전혀 말을 하지 못했죠.

He couldn't speak them at all when graduating.

당시 제 목표는 학교를 졸업하는 거였습니다.

My main aim was graduation from school.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 졸업하다 in Korean?

졸업하다 (to graduate) is 졸업하요 in the polite 해요체, 졸업합니다 in formal 합니다체, 졸업하 in casual 반말 and 졸업한다 in the plain written style. The past is 졸업핬어요.

What is the past tense of 졸업하다?

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

Is 졸업하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 졸업합니다, 졸업하, 졸업하니 all keep 졸업하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 졸업하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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