중단하다 Korean verb conjugation

to discontinue

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 중단하다 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
중단하는
아/어Infinitive
중단하
-으니Since
중단하니
합니다Formal
중단합니다

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 중단하요중단합니다중단하중단한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 중단핬어요중단핬습니다중단핬어중단핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 중단하겠어요중단하겠습니다중단하겠어중단하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 중단할 거예요중단할 것입니다중단할 거야중단할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 중단하요?중단합니까?중단하?중단하니?
과거Past 중단핬어요?중단핬습니까?중단핬어?중단핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 중단하세요중단하십시오중단하중단하라
청유Let's 중단하요중단합시다중단하중단하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 중단하요안 중단합니다안 중단하안 중단한다
-지 않다Not (long) 중단하지 않아요중단하지 않습니다중단하지 않아중단하지 않는다
Cannot 못 중단하요못 중단합니다못 중단하못 중단한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 중단하세요중단하십니다중단하셔중단하신다
과거Past 중단하셨어요중단하셨습니다중단하셨어중단하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
중단하는
과거Past
중단한
미래Future
중단할
회상Used to
중단하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
중단하고
-게-ly / so that
중단하게
-어서so / and then
중단하서
-으니까since
중단하니까
-으면if / when
중단하면
-지만but
중단하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
중단하는데
-어도even if
중단하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 중단하고 있어요중단하고 있습니다중단하고 있어중단하고 있다
과거Was doing 중단하고 있었어요중단하고 있었습니다중단하고 있었어중단하고 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.

중단하면 얼마쯤 손해죠?

What does it cost to shut down?

모든 구조 작전을 중단하라.

Cease and desist all rescue operations.

임무 중단해! - 집으로 가

Dad, abort the mission!

깨어나서 널 잊기 전에 중단해야 돼

I need it to stop before I wake up and I don't know you anymore.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 중단하다 in Korean?

중단하다 (to discontinue) is 중단하요 in the polite 해요체, 중단합니다 in formal 합니다체, 중단하 in casual 반말 and 중단한다 in the plain written style. The past is 중단핬어요.

What is the past tense of 중단하다?

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

Is 중단하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 중단합니다, 중단하, 중단하니 all keep 중단하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 중단하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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