성싶다 Korean verb conjugation

to appear likely

Every form of 성싶다 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
성싶는
아/어Infinitive
성싶어
-으니Since
성싶으니
합니다Formal
성싶습니다

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 성싶어요성싶습니다성싶어성싶는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 성싶었어요성싶었습니다성싶었어성싶었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 성싶겠어요성싶겠습니다성싶겠어성싶겠다
-을 것이다Going to 성싶을 거예요성싶을 것입니다성싶을 거야성싶을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성싶어요?성싶습니까?성싶어?성싶니?
과거Past 성싶었어요?성싶었습니까?성싶었어?성싶었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 성싶으세요성싶으십시오성싶어성싶어라
청유Let's 성싶어요성싶읍시다성싶어성싶자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 성싶어요안 성싶습니다안 성싶어안 성싶는다
-지 않다Not (long) 성싶지 않아요성싶지 않습니다성싶지 않아성싶지 않는다
Cannot 못 성싶어요못 성싶습니다못 성싶어못 성싶는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 성싶으세요성싶으십니다성싶으셔성싶으신다
과거Past 성싶으셨어요성싶으셨습니다성싶으셨어성싶으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
성싶는
과거Past
성싶은
미래Future
성싶을
회상Used to
성싶던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
성싶고
-게-ly / so that
성싶게
-어서so / and then
성싶어서
-으니까since
성싶으니까
-으면if / when
성싶으면
-지만but
성싶지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
성싶는데
-어도even if
성싶어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 성싶고 있어요성싶고 있습니다성싶고 있어성싶고 있다
과거Was doing 성싶고 있었어요성싶고 있었습니다성싶고 있었어성싶고 있었다

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 성싶다 in Korean?

성싶다 (to appear likely) is 성싶어요 in the polite 해요체, 성싶습니다 in formal 합니다체, 성싶어 in casual 반말 and 성싶는다 in the plain written style. The past is 성싶었어요.

What is the past tense of 성싶다?

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

Is 성싶다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 성싶습니다, 성싶어, 성싶으니 all keep 성싶 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 성싶다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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