낙관하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be optimistic

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 낙관하다 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
낙관하는
아/어Infinitive
낙관하
-으니Since
낙관하니
합니다Formal
낙관합니다

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 낙관하요낙관합니다낙관하낙관한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낙관핬어요낙관핬습니다낙관핬어낙관핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 낙관하겠어요낙관하겠습니다낙관하겠어낙관하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낙관할 거예요낙관할 것입니다낙관할 거야낙관할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낙관하요?낙관합니까?낙관하?낙관하니?
과거Past 낙관핬어요?낙관핬습니까?낙관핬어?낙관핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 낙관하세요낙관하십시오낙관하낙관하라
청유Let's 낙관하요낙관합시다낙관하낙관하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 낙관하요안 낙관합니다안 낙관하안 낙관한다
-지 않다Not (long) 낙관하지 않아요낙관하지 않습니다낙관하지 않아낙관하지 않는다
Cannot 못 낙관하요못 낙관합니다못 낙관하못 낙관한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낙관하세요낙관하십니다낙관하셔낙관하신다
과거Past 낙관하셨어요낙관하셨습니다낙관하셨어낙관하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
낙관하는
과거Past
낙관한
미래Future
낙관할
회상Used to
낙관하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
낙관하고
-게-ly / so that
낙관하게
-어서so / and then
낙관하서
-으니까since
낙관하니까
-으면if / when
낙관하면
-지만but
낙관하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
낙관하는데
-어도even if
낙관하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 낙관하고 있어요낙관하고 있습니다낙관하고 있어낙관하고 있다
과거Was doing 낙관하고 있었어요낙관하고 있었습니다낙관하고 있었어낙관하고 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.

제가 낙관하는 이유가 있습니다.

There are reasons for optimism.

저는 사실 이 문제가 해결될 수 있다고 꽤 낙관합니다.

Now, I'm actually fairly optimistic that this problem can be solved.

그리고 믿는 사람들도 과연 제대로 이해하는지 너무 낙관하지 마십시오.

And don't press your luck about how much those who do believe in it actually understand it.

저는 확신합니다. 저는 그들이 우리가 갖는 희망보다도 더 좋은 도시를 건설할 곳이라고 낙관합니다.

I am sure, I am optimistic, that they will make cities better than our most ambitious dreams.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 낙관하다 in Korean?

낙관하다 (to be optimistic) is 낙관하요 in the polite 해요체, 낙관합니다 in formal 합니다체, 낙관하 in casual 반말 and 낙관한다 in the plain written style. The past is 낙관핬어요.

What is the past tense of 낙관하다?

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

Is 낙관하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낙관합니다, 낙관하, 낙관하니 all keep 낙관하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 낙관하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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