성공하다 Korean verb conjugation

to succeed

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 성공하다 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
성공하는
아/어Infinitive
성공하
-으니Since
성공하니
합니다Formal
성공합니다

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 성공하요성공합니다성공하성공한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 성공핬어요성공핬습니다성공핬어성공핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 성공하겠어요성공하겠습니다성공하겠어성공하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 성공할 거예요성공할 것입니다성공할 거야성공할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성공하요?성공합니까?성공하?성공하니?
과거Past 성공핬어요?성공핬습니까?성공핬어?성공핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 성공하세요성공하십시오성공하성공하라
청유Let's 성공하요성공합시다성공하성공하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 성공하요안 성공합니다안 성공하안 성공한다
-지 않다Not (long) 성공하지 않아요성공하지 않습니다성공하지 않아성공하지 않는다
Cannot 못 성공하요못 성공합니다못 성공하못 성공한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성공하세요성공하십니다성공하셔성공하신다
과거Past 성공하셨어요성공하셨습니다성공하셨어성공하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
성공하는
과거Past
성공한
미래Future
성공할
회상Used to
성공하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
성공하고
-게-ly / so that
성공하게
-어서so / and then
성공하서
-으니까since
성공하니까
-으면if / when
성공하면
-지만but
성공하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
성공하는데
-어도even if
성공하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 성공하고 있어요성공하고 있습니다성공하고 있어성공하고 있다
과거Was doing 성공하고 있었어요성공하고 있었습니다성공하고 있었어성공하고 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.

그 사람이 성공했어.

He succeeded.

그리고 그는 성공했지요.

And he succeeded.

결국 우리는 성공했어요.

In the end, we succeeded.

성공한 것 같네요, 그렇죠?

Sounds like a success story, right?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 성공하다 in Korean?

성공하다 (to succeed) is 성공하요 in the polite 해요체, 성공합니다 in formal 합니다체, 성공하 in casual 반말 and 성공한다 in the plain written style. The past is 성공핬어요.

What is the past tense of 성공하다?

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

Is 성공하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 성공합니다, 성공하, 성공하니 all keep 성공하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 성공하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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