멸망하다 Korean verb conjugation
to be destroyed
Every form of 멸망하다 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
- 멸망하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 멸망하
- -으니Since
- 멸망하니
- 합니다Formal
- 멸망합니다
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 | 멸망하요 | 멸망합니다 | 멸망하 | 멸망한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 멸망핬어요 | 멸망핬습니다 | 멸망핬어 | 멸망핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 멸망하겠어요 | 멸망하겠습니다 | 멸망하겠어 | 멸망하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 멸망할 거예요 | 멸망할 것입니다 | 멸망할 거야 | 멸망할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 멸망하요? | 멸망합니까? | 멸망하? | 멸망하니? |
| 과거Past | 멸망핬어요? | 멸망핬습니까? | 멸망핬어? | 멸망핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 멸망하세요 | 멸망하십시오 | 멸망하 | 멸망하라 |
| 청유Let's | 멸망하요 | 멸망합시다 | 멸망하 | 멸망하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 멸망하요 | 안 멸망합니다 | 안 멸망하 | 안 멸망한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 멸망하지 않아요 | 멸망하지 않습니다 | 멸망하지 않아 | 멸망하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 멸망하요 | 못 멸망합니다 | 못 멸망하 | 못 멸망한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 멸망하세요 | 멸망하십니다 | 멸망하셔 | 멸망하신다 |
| 과거Past | 멸망하셨어요 | 멸망하셨습니다 | 멸망하셨어 | 멸망하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 멸망하는
- 과거Past
- 멸망한
- 미래Future
- 멸망할
- 회상Used to
- 멸망하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 멸망하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 멸망하게
- -어서so / and then
- 멸망하서
- -으니까since
- 멸망하니까
- -으면if / when
- 멸망하면
- -지만but
- 멸망하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 멸망하는데
- -어도even if
- 멸망하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 멸망하고 있어요 | 멸망하고 있습니다 | 멸망하고 있어 | 멸망하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 멸망하고 있었어요 | 멸망하고 있었습니다 | 멸망하고 있었어 | 멸망하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 멸망하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
지구가 멸망하지 않았으니 천체의 음악은 없는 것이죠
We exist, therefore there is no music of the spheres.
로키가 그대로 있어야 세상이 안 멸망하죠
That's a reason to my liking!
이 전설로 다음 두 개의 제국이 멸망했다.
They seem to have destroyed the other two properties at this time.
모두 멸망하고 태어나는 아이도 자연히 줄어
But our cities were all but destroyed, and our birth rate dwindled.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 멸망하다 in Korean?
멸망하다 (to be destroyed) is 멸망하요 in the polite 해요체, 멸망합니다 in formal 합니다체, 멸망하 in casual 반말 and 멸망한다 in the plain written style. The past is 멸망핬어요.
What is the past tense of 멸망하다?
멸망핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 멸망핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 멸망하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 멸망하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 멸망합니다, 멸망하, 멸망하니 all keep 멸망하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 멸망하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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