능가하다 Korean verb conjugation
to surpass
Every form of 능가하다 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
- 능가하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 능가하
- -으니Since
- 능가하니
- 합니다Formal
- 능가합니다
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 | 능가하요 | 능가합니다 | 능가하 | 능가한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 능가핬어요 | 능가핬습니다 | 능가핬어 | 능가핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 능가하겠어요 | 능가하겠습니다 | 능가하겠어 | 능가하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 능가할 거예요 | 능가할 것입니다 | 능가할 거야 | 능가할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 능가하요? | 능가합니까? | 능가하? | 능가하니? |
| 과거Past | 능가핬어요? | 능가핬습니까? | 능가핬어? | 능가핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 능가하세요 | 능가하십시오 | 능가하 | 능가하라 |
| 청유Let's | 능가하요 | 능가합시다 | 능가하 | 능가하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 능가하요 | 안 능가합니다 | 안 능가하 | 안 능가한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 능가하지 않아요 | 능가하지 않습니다 | 능가하지 않아 | 능가하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 능가하요 | 못 능가합니다 | 못 능가하 | 못 능가한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 능가하세요 | 능가하십니다 | 능가하셔 | 능가하신다 |
| 과거Past | 능가하셨어요 | 능가하셨습니다 | 능가하셨어 | 능가하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 능가하는
- 과거Past
- 능가한
- 미래Future
- 능가할
- 회상Used to
- 능가하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 능가하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 능가하게
- -어서so / and then
- 능가하서
- -으니까since
- 능가하니까
- -으면if / when
- 능가하면
- -지만but
- 능가하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 능가하는데
- -어도even if
- 능가하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 능가하고 있어요 | 능가하고 있습니다 | 능가하고 있어 | 능가하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 능가하고 있었어요 | 능가하고 있었습니다 | 능가하고 있었어 | 능가하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 능가하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이건 많은 OECD 국가를 능가하는 성적입니다.
This is better than the performance of many OECD countries.
같은 기간 동안 주가는 시장 상황을 능가했습니다.
The stock over that same period has outperformed the market.
수백개의 사례들로, 과거에 발생한 질병들을 이미 능가했어요.
With hundreds of cases, it had already eclipsed all previous outbreaks.
조금 전 제가 베트남이 PISA에서 미국을 능가했다고 말씀드린 걸 기억하시나요?
Do you remember when I told you about Vietnam earlier outperforming the United States in PISA?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 능가하다 in Korean?
능가하다 (to surpass) is 능가하요 in the polite 해요체, 능가합니다 in formal 합니다체, 능가하 in casual 반말 and 능가한다 in the plain written style. The past is 능가핬어요.
What is the past tense of 능가하다?
능가핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 능가핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 능가하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 능가하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 능가합니다, 능가하, 능가하니 all keep 능가하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 능가하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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