말씀하다

to speak, to say (honorific)

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
말씀하는
아/어Infinitive
말씀하
-으니Since
말씀하니
합니다Formal
말씀합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 말씀하요말씀합니다말씀하말씀한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 말씀핬어요말씀핬습니다말씀핬어말씀핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 말씀하겠어요말씀하겠습니다말씀하겠어말씀하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 말씀할 거예요말씀할 것입니다말씀할 거야말씀할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 말씀하요?말씀합니까?말씀하?말씀하니?
과거Past 말씀핬어요?말씀핬습니까?말씀핬어?말씀핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 말씀하세요말씀하십시오말씀하말씀하라
청유Let's 말씀하요말씀합시다말씀하말씀하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 말씀하요안 말씀합니다안 말씀하안 말씀한다
-지 않다Not (long) 말씀하지 않아요말씀하지 않습니다말씀하지 않아말씀하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 말씀하요못 말씀합니다못 말씀하못 말씀한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 말씀하세요말씀하십니다말씀하셔말씀하신다
과거Past 말씀하셨어요말씀하셨습니다말씀하셨어말씀하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
말씀하는
과거Past
말씀한
미래Future
말씀할
회상Used to
말씀하던

Joining clauses

-고and
말씀하고
-게-ly / so that
말씀하게
-어서so / and then
말씀하서
-으니까since
말씀하니까
-으면if / when
말씀하면
-지만but
말씀하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
말씀하는데
-어도even if
말씀하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 말씀하고 있어요말씀하고 있습니다말씀하고 있어말씀하고 있다
과거Was doing 말씀하고 있었어요말씀하고 있었습니다말씀하고 있었어말씀하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저희 어머니께서 괜찮다고 말씀하셨어요.

My mother said that she was all right.

선생님은 크게 말씀하셨죠.

She said this loudly.

거기에 대해 말씀해주세요.

Tell us about that.

사실이 아니면 말씀해주세요.

Please tell me if that is not true.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 말씀하다 in Korean?

말씀하다 (to speak, to say (honorific)) is 말씀하요 in the polite 해요체, 말씀합니다 in formal 합니다체, 말씀하 in casual 반말 and 말씀한다 in the plain written style. The past is 말씀핬어요.

What is the past tense of 말씀하다?

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

Is 말씀하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 말씀합니다, 말씀하, 말씀하니 all keep 말씀하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 말씀하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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