상상하다 Korean verb conjugation

to imagine

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 상상하다 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
상상하는
아/어Infinitive
상상하
-으니Since
상상하니
합니다Formal
상상합니다

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 상상하요상상합니다상상하상상한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 상상핬어요상상핬습니다상상핬어상상핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 상상하겠어요상상하겠습니다상상하겠어상상하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 상상할 거예요상상할 것입니다상상할 거야상상할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상상하요?상상합니까?상상하?상상하니?
과거Past 상상핬어요?상상핬습니까?상상핬어?상상핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 상상하세요상상하십시오상상하상상하라
청유Let's 상상하요상상합시다상상하상상하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 상상하요안 상상합니다안 상상하안 상상한다
-지 않다Not (long) 상상하지 않아요상상하지 않습니다상상하지 않아상상하지 않는다
Cannot 못 상상하요못 상상합니다못 상상하못 상상한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상상하세요상상하십니다상상하셔상상하신다
과거Past 상상하셨어요상상하셨습니다상상하셨어상상하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
상상하는
과거Past
상상한
미래Future
상상할
회상Used to
상상하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
상상하고
-게-ly / so that
상상하게
-어서so / and then
상상하서
-으니까since
상상하니까
-으면if / when
상상하면
-지만but
상상하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
상상하는데
-어도even if
상상하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 상상하고 있어요상상하고 있습니다상상하고 있어상상하고 있다
과거Was doing 상상하고 있었어요상상하고 있었습니다상상하고 있었어상상하고 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.

상상할 수 있습니까?

Can you picture it?

그럼 한 번 상상해보죠.

Let's just see what happens in this picture.

상상해. 상상해. 상상해

Think, think, think.

여기 이 개를 상상해보세요.

Think about this dog here.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 상상하다 in Korean?

상상하다 (to imagine) is 상상하요 in the polite 해요체, 상상합니다 in formal 합니다체, 상상하 in casual 반말 and 상상한다 in the plain written style. The past is 상상핬어요.

What is the past tense of 상상하다?

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

Is 상상하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 상상합니다, 상상하, 상상하니 all keep 상상하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 상상하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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