망하다 Korean verb conjugation
to go to ruin
Every form of 망하다 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
- 망하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 망하
- -으니Since
- 망하니
- 합니다Formal
- 망합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 망하요 | 망합니다 | 망하 | 망한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 망핬어요 | 망핬습니다 | 망핬어 | 망핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 망하겠어요 | 망하겠습니다 | 망하겠어 | 망하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 망할 거예요 | 망할 것입니다 | 망할 거야 | 망할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 망하요? | 망합니까? | 망하? | 망하니? |
| 과거Past | 망핬어요? | 망핬습니까? | 망핬어? | 망핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 망하세요 | 망하십시오 | 망하 | 망하라 |
| 청유Let's | 망하요 | 망합시다 | 망하 | 망하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 망하요 | 안 망합니다 | 안 망하 | 안 망한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 망하지 않아요 | 망하지 않습니다 | 망하지 않아 | 망하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 망하요 | 못 망합니다 | 못 망하 | 못 망한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 망하세요 | 망하십니다 | 망하셔 | 망하신다 |
| 과거Past | 망하셨어요 | 망하셨습니다 | 망하셨어 | 망하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 망하는
- 과거Past
- 망한
- 미래Future
- 망할
- 회상Used to
- 망하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 망하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 망하게
- -어서so / and then
- 망하서
- -으니까since
- 망하니까
- -으면if / when
- 망하면
- -지만but
- 망하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 망하는데
- -어도even if
- 망하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 망하고 있어요 | 망하고 있습니다 | 망하고 있어 | 망하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 망하고 있었어요 | 망하고 있었습니다 | 망하고 있었어 | 망하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 망하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
나 버스 타는 게 망해라서.
Because I don't like taking the bus.
저 근너 바우 하나가 망했구나.
So that opposite boulder was bad.
그 망할 문 닫아라!
Close the fucking door!
망했거든요! 아무도 안샀어요.
It tanked. No one ever bought it.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 망하다 in Korean?
망하다 (to go to ruin) is 망하요 in the polite 해요체, 망합니다 in formal 합니다체, 망하 in casual 반말 and 망한다 in the plain written style. The past is 망핬어요.
What is the past tense of 망하다?
망핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 망핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 망하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 망하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 망합니다, 망하, 망하니 all keep 망하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 망하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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