선언하다 Korean verb conjugation

to declare

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 선언하다 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
선언하는
아/어Infinitive
선언하
-으니Since
선언하니
합니다Formal
선언합니다

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 선언하요선언합니다선언하선언한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 선언핬어요선언핬습니다선언핬어선언핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 선언하겠어요선언하겠습니다선언하겠어선언하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 선언할 거예요선언할 것입니다선언할 거야선언할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선언하요?선언합니까?선언하?선언하니?
과거Past 선언핬어요?선언핬습니까?선언핬어?선언핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 선언하세요선언하십시오선언하선언하라
청유Let's 선언하요선언합시다선언하선언하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 선언하요안 선언합니다안 선언하안 선언한다
-지 않다Not (long) 선언하지 않아요선언하지 않습니다선언하지 않아선언하지 않는다
Cannot 못 선언하요못 선언합니다못 선언하못 선언한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선언하세요선언하십니다선언하셔선언하신다
과거Past 선언하셨어요선언하셨습니다선언하셨어선언하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
선언하는
과거Past
선언한
미래Future
선언할
회상Used to
선언하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
선언하고
-게-ly / so that
선언하게
-어서so / and then
선언하서
-으니까since
선언하니까
-으면if / when
선언하면
-지만but
선언하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
선언하는데
-어도even if
선언하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 선언하고 있어요선언하고 있습니다선언하고 있어선언하고 있다
과거Was doing 선언하고 있었어요선언하고 있었습니다선언하고 있었어선언하고 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.

이 무대에서 저는 제 목표를 선언하고 있습니다.

I'm declaring my goal on this stage.

그런데, 25개의 교회가 참여하겠다고 선언했습니다.

And yet, there were 25 houses of worship that pledged to participate.

부부가 되었음을 선언합니다

I declare you're married. You may kiss the bride.

두 분을 남편과 아내로 선언합니다

I declare you husband and wife.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 선언하다 in Korean?

선언하다 (to declare) is 선언하요 in the polite 해요체, 선언합니다 in formal 합니다체, 선언하 in casual 반말 and 선언한다 in the plain written style. The past is 선언핬어요.

What is the past tense of 선언하다?

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

Is 선언하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 선언합니다, 선언하, 선언하니 all keep 선언하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 선언하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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