상정하다 Korean verb conjugation

to assume, suppose

Every form of 상정하다 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
상정하는
아/어Infinitive
상정하
-으니Since
상정하니
합니다Formal
상정합니다

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 상정하요상정합니다상정하상정한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 상정핬어요상정핬습니다상정핬어상정핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 상정하겠어요상정하겠습니다상정하겠어상정하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 상정할 거예요상정할 것입니다상정할 거야상정할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상정하요?상정합니까?상정하?상정하니?
과거Past 상정핬어요?상정핬습니까?상정핬어?상정핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 상정하세요상정하십시오상정하상정하라
청유Let's 상정하요상정합시다상정하상정하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 상정하요안 상정합니다안 상정하안 상정한다
-지 않다Not (long) 상정하지 않아요상정하지 않습니다상정하지 않아상정하지 않는다
Cannot 못 상정하요못 상정합니다못 상정하못 상정한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상정하세요상정하십니다상정하셔상정하신다
과거Past 상정하셨어요상정하셨습니다상정하셨어상정하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
상정하는
과거Past
상정한
미래Future
상정할
회상Used to
상정하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
상정하고
-게-ly / so that
상정하게
-어서so / and then
상정하서
-으니까since
상정하니까
-으면if / when
상정하면
-지만but
상정하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
상정하는데
-어도even if
상정하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 상정하고 있어요상정하고 있습니다상정하고 있어상정하고 있다
과거Was doing 상정하고 있었어요상정하고 있었습니다상정하고 있었어상정하고 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.

대부분의 종교는 사후세계가 존재함을 상정한다.

Most religions postulate the existence of an afterlife.

그래서 그는 시장이 학교를 규제할 수 있도록 만드는 법안을 상정하기로 했습니다.

So, he decided to introduce legislation that would allow him to take over mayoral control of the schools.

홍콩 정부는 제23조를 아직 의제로 상정하지는 않았다.

The Hong Kong government has not placed the Article 23 in its agenda yet.

물리학자들은 그들을 지배하는 기본 법칙을 상정합니다. 중력의 법칙이나 양자 역학 같은 거죠.

They postulate fundamental laws governing them, like the laws of gravity or of quantum mechanics.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 상정하다 in Korean?

상정하다 (to assume, suppose) is 상정하요 in the polite 해요체, 상정합니다 in formal 합니다체, 상정하 in casual 반말 and 상정한다 in the plain written style. The past is 상정핬어요.

What is the past tense of 상정하다?

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

Is 상정하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 상정합니다, 상정하, 상정하니 all keep 상정하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 상정하다?

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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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.