묘사하다 Korean verb conjugation

to describe

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 묘사하다 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
묘사하는
아/어Infinitive
묘사하
-으니Since
묘사하니
합니다Formal
묘사합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 묘사하요묘사합니다묘사하묘사한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 묘사핬어요묘사핬습니다묘사핬어묘사핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 묘사하겠어요묘사하겠습니다묘사하겠어묘사하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 묘사할 거예요묘사할 것입니다묘사할 거야묘사할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 묘사하요?묘사합니까?묘사하?묘사하니?
과거Past 묘사핬어요?묘사핬습니까?묘사핬어?묘사핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 묘사하세요묘사하십시오묘사하묘사하라
청유Let's 묘사하요묘사합시다묘사하묘사하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 묘사하요안 묘사합니다안 묘사하안 묘사한다
-지 않다Not (long) 묘사하지 않아요묘사하지 않습니다묘사하지 않아묘사하지 않는다
Cannot 못 묘사하요못 묘사합니다못 묘사하못 묘사한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 묘사하세요묘사하십니다묘사하셔묘사하신다
과거Past 묘사하셨어요묘사하셨습니다묘사하셨어묘사하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
묘사하는
과거Past
묘사한
미래Future
묘사할
회상Used to
묘사하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
묘사하고
-게-ly / so that
묘사하게
-어서so / and then
묘사하서
-으니까since
묘사하니까
-으면if / when
묘사하면
-지만but
묘사하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
묘사하는데
-어도even if
묘사하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 묘사하고 있어요묘사하고 있습니다묘사하고 있어묘사하고 있다
과거Was doing 묘사하고 있었어요묘사하고 있었습니다묘사하고 있었어묘사하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

떨어지는게 어떤 느낌일지 묘사해주었습니다.

When the last of the food, despite her best efforts, ran out.

이것들은 이 영화가 매우 잘 묘사하고 있습니다.

And that's shown very, very nicely in the movie.

제 생각에 버나드 쇼가 이것을 가장 잘 묘사했어요.

This is really well said, I thought, by George Bernard Shaw.

이 광둥어 표현은 성룡이 매우 부자라는 점을 묘사하는 표현이다.

This expression in Cantonese describes an individual who is rich.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 묘사하다 in Korean?

묘사하다 (to describe) is 묘사하요 in the polite 해요체, 묘사합니다 in formal 합니다체, 묘사하 in casual 반말 and 묘사한다 in the plain written style. The past is 묘사핬어요.

What is the past tense of 묘사하다?

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

Is 묘사하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 묘사합니다, 묘사하, 묘사하니 all keep 묘사하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 묘사하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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