꾀하다

to scheme

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꾀하는
아/어Infinitive
꾀하
-으니Since
꾀하니
합니다Formal
꾀합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꾀하요꾀합니다꾀하꾀한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꾀핬어요꾀핬습니다꾀핬어꾀핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꾀하겠어요꾀하겠습니다꾀하겠어꾀하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꾀할 거예요꾀할 것입니다꾀할 거야꾀할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾀하요?꾀합니까?꾀하?꾀하니?
과거Past 꾀핬어요?꾀핬습니까?꾀핬어?꾀핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꾀하세요꾀하십시오꾀하꾀하라
청유Let's 꾀하요꾀합시다꾀하꾀하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꾀하요안 꾀합니다안 꾀하안 꾀한다
-지 않다Not (long) 꾀하지 않아요꾀하지 않습니다꾀하지 않아꾀하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꾀하요못 꾀합니다못 꾀하못 꾀한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾀하세요꾀하십니다꾀하셔꾀하신다
과거Past 꾀하셨어요꾀하셨습니다꾀하셨어꾀하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꾀하는
과거Past
꾀한
미래Future
꾀할
회상Used to
꾀하던

Joining clauses

-고and
꾀하고
-게-ly / so that
꾀하게
-어서so / and then
꾀하서
-으니까since
꾀하니까
-으면if / when
꾀하면
-지만but
꾀하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꾀하는데
-어도even if
꾀하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꾀하고 있어요꾀하고 있습니다꾀하고 있어꾀하고 있다
과거Was doing 꾀하고 있었어요꾀하고 있었습니다꾀하고 있었어꾀하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그는 성공을 만들어내길 꾀하죠.

He wants to engineer success.

특별히 지금까지 우리가 해 왔던 방식으로 조직의 변화를 꾀한다면 맞는 말이에요.

Particularly if we continue to approach the transformation of organizations the way we always have been.

HIAG는 무장친위대의 법적, 경제적, 역사적 복권을 꾀하였다.

Its main objective was to achieve legal, economic and historical rehabilitation of the Waffen-SS.

)은 공산당의 붕괴를 꾀한다.

What would happen if the CCP works with such forces?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꾀하다 in Korean?

꾀하다 (to scheme) is 꾀하요 in the polite 해요체, 꾀합니다 in formal 합니다체, 꾀하 in casual 반말 and 꾀한다 in the plain written style. The past is 꾀핬어요.

What is the past tense of 꾀하다?

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

Is 꾀하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꾀합니다, 꾀하, 꾀하니 all keep 꾀하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꾀하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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