망하다

to go to ruin

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
망하는
아/어Infinitive
망하
-으니Since
망하니
합니다Formal
망합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 망하요망합니다망하망한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 망핬어요망핬습니다망핬어망핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 망하겠어요망하겠습니다망하겠어망하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 망할 거예요망할 것입니다망할 거야망할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 망하요?망합니까?망하?망하니?
과거Past 망핬어요?망핬습니까?망핬어?망핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 망하세요망하십시오망하망하라
청유Let's 망하요망합시다망하망하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 망하요안 망합니다안 망하안 망한다
-지 않다Not (long) 망하지 않아요망하지 않습니다망하지 않아망하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 망하요못 망합니다못 망하못 망한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 망하세요망하십니다망하셔망하신다
과거Past 망하셨어요망하셨습니다망하셨어망하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
망하는
과거Past
망한
미래Future
망할
회상Used to
망하던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 망하고 있어요망하고 있습니다망하고 있어망하고 있다
과거Was doing 망하고 있었어요망하고 있었습니다망하고 있었어망하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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