능통하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be proficient
Every form of 능통하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 능통한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 능통해
- -으니Since
- 능통하니
- 합니다Formal
- 능통합니다
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 | 능통해요 | 능통합니다 | 능통해 | 능통하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 능통했어요 | 능통했습니다 | 능통했어 | 능통했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 능통하겠어요 | 능통하겠습니다 | 능통하겠어 | 능통하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 능통할 거예요 | 능통할 것입니다 | 능통할 거야 | 능통할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 능통해요? | 능통합니까? | 능통해? | 능통하니? |
| 과거Past | 능통했어요? | 능통했습니까? | 능통했어? | 능통했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 능통해요 | 안 능통합니다 | 안 능통해 | 안 능통하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 능통하지 않아요 | 능통하지 않습니다 | 능통하지 않아 | 능통하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 능통하세요 | 능통하십니다 | 능통하셔 | 능통하시다 |
| 과거Past | 능통하셨어요 | 능통하셨습니다 | 능통하셨어 | 능통하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 능통한
- 과거Past
- 능통한
- 미래Future
- 능통할
- 회상Used to
- 능통하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에 능통하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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