설득하다 Korean verb conjugation

to persuade

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 설득하다 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
설득하는
아/어Infinitive
설득하
-으니Since
설득하니
합니다Formal
설득합니다

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 설득하요설득합니다설득하설득한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 설득핬어요설득핬습니다설득핬어설득핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 설득하겠어요설득하겠습니다설득하겠어설득하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 설득할 거예요설득할 것입니다설득할 거야설득할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 설득하요?설득합니까?설득하?설득하니?
과거Past 설득핬어요?설득핬습니까?설득핬어?설득핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 설득하세요설득하십시오설득하설득하라
청유Let's 설득하요설득합시다설득하설득하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 설득하요안 설득합니다안 설득하안 설득한다
-지 않다Not (long) 설득하지 않아요설득하지 않습니다설득하지 않아설득하지 않는다
Cannot 못 설득하요못 설득합니다못 설득하못 설득한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 설득하세요설득하십니다설득하셔설득하신다
과거Past 설득하셨어요설득하셨습니다설득하셨어설득하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
설득하는
과거Past
설득한
미래Future
설득할
회상Used to
설득하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
설득하고
-게-ly / so that
설득하게
-어서so / and then
설득하서
-으니까since
설득하니까
-으면if / when
설득하면
-지만but
설득하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
설득하는데
-어도even if
설득하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 설득하고 있어요설득하고 있습니다설득하고 있어설득하고 있다
과거Was doing 설득하고 있었어요설득하고 있었습니다설득하고 있었어설득하고 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.

그는 나를 설득해 가도록 만들었다.

He argued me into going.

그들을 설득해 보실래요?

I'm curious, can you make the pitch?

그게 절 설득했고, 그래서 우리는 밖으로 나갔습니다.

That convicted me and so we went outside.

저는 서서히 아이들을 설득해서 우리 첫 번째 팀을 만들었습니다.

I gradually won them over, and we formed our first team.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 설득하다 in Korean?

설득하다 (to persuade) is 설득하요 in the polite 해요체, 설득합니다 in formal 합니다체, 설득하 in casual 반말 and 설득한다 in the plain written style. The past is 설득핬어요.

What is the past tense of 설득하다?

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

Is 설득하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 설득합니다, 설득하, 설득하니 all keep 설득하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 설득하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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