능통하다

to be proficient

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
능통한
아/어Infinitive
능통해
-으니Since
능통하니
합니다Formal
능통합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 능통해요능통합니다능통해능통하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 능통했어요능통했습니다능통했어능통했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 능통하겠어요능통하겠습니다능통하겠어능통하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 능통할 거예요능통할 것입니다능통할 거야능통할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 능통해요?능통합니까?능통해?능통하니?
과거Past 능통했어요?능통했습니까?능통했어?능통했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 능통해요안 능통합니다안 능통해안 능통하다
-지 않다Not (long) 능통하지 않아요능통하지 않습니다능통하지 않아능통하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 능통하세요능통하십니다능통하셔능통하시다
과거Past 능통하셨어요능통하셨습니다능통하셨어능통하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
능통한
과거Past
능통한
미래Future
능통할
회상Used to
능통하던

Joining clauses

-고and
능통하고
-게-ly / so that
능통하게
-어서so / and then
능통해서
-으니까since
능통하니까
-으면if / when
능통하면
-지만but
능통하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
능통한데
-어도even if
능통해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

앨리스 폴은 미디어에 능통한 신여성이었습니다.

A new, media-savvy spirit arrived in the form of Alice Paul.

이런 곳에 브라질 사람은 그 혼자였죠. 7개국어에 능통했습니다.

He's a Brazilian in these places. He speaks seven languages.

시치나(Syczyna)에서 태어나, 14세 때 라틴어에 능통하여 크라쿠프 학원에 보내졌다.

At fourteen, fluent in Latin, he was sent to the Kraków Academy.

아랍어에 능통한 무슬림으로서 국제적으로 활동하고 싶었고 새로운 도전을 해보기로 했습니다.

With my Muslim background, Arabic language skills and an interest in working internationally, I decided to seek new challenges.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 능통하다 in Korean?

능통하다 (to be proficient) is 능통해요 in the polite 해요체, 능통합니다 in formal 합니다체, 능통해 in casual 반말 and 능통하다 in the plain written style. The past is 능통했어요.

What is the past tense of 능통하다?

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

Is 능통하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 능통하여 and 능통하니 but unchanged in 능통합니다.

What TOPIK level is 능통하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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