성하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be intact

Every form of 성하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
성한
아/어Infinitive
성해
-으니Since
성하니
합니다Formal
성합니다

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 성해요성합니다성해성하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 성했어요성했습니다성했어성했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 성하겠어요성하겠습니다성하겠어성하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 성할 거예요성할 것입니다성할 거야성할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성해요?성합니까?성해?성하니?
과거Past 성했어요?성했습니까?성했어?성했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 성해요안 성합니다안 성해안 성하다
-지 않다Not (long) 성하지 않아요성하지 않습니다성하지 않아성하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성하세요성하십니다성하셔성하시다
과거Past 성하셨어요성하셨습니다성하셨어성하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
성한
과거Past
성한
미래Future
성할
회상Used to
성하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
성하고
-게-ly / so that
성하게
-어서so / and then
성해서
-으니까since
성하니까
-으면if / when
성하면
-지만but
성하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
성한데
-어도even if
성해도

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.

교회의 최악의 순간일 것이고 후임 교황들조차 성하지 못할 것이다

It would be the lowest point ever for the Church, that no subsequent Pope would ever be able to recover from it.

시작하지 성하, 분명 제가 상기시킬 필요는 없겠지만 추기경들이 감사 연설을 듣고 해산되길 원합니다

Holy Father, I am sure that there is no need to remind you that the cardinals are expecting your speech of thanks and to be sent home.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 성하다 in Korean?

성하다 (to be intact) is 성해요 in the polite 해요체, 성합니다 in formal 합니다체, 성해 in casual 반말 and 성하다 in the plain written style. The past is 성했어요.

What is the past tense of 성하다?

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

Is 성하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 성하여 and 성하니 but unchanged in 성합니다.

What TOPIK level is 성하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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