선임하다 Korean verb conjugation

to appoint

Every form of 선임하다 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
선임하는
아/어Infinitive
선임하
-으니Since
선임하니
합니다Formal
선임합니다

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 선임하요선임합니다선임하선임한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 선임핬어요선임핬습니다선임핬어선임핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 선임하겠어요선임하겠습니다선임하겠어선임하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 선임할 거예요선임할 것입니다선임할 거야선임할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선임하요?선임합니까?선임하?선임하니?
과거Past 선임핬어요?선임핬습니까?선임핬어?선임핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 선임하세요선임하십시오선임하선임하라
청유Let's 선임하요선임합시다선임하선임하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 선임하요안 선임합니다안 선임하안 선임한다
-지 않다Not (long) 선임하지 않아요선임하지 않습니다선임하지 않아선임하지 않는다
Cannot 못 선임하요못 선임합니다못 선임하못 선임한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선임하세요선임하십니다선임하셔선임하신다
과거Past 선임하셨어요선임하셨습니다선임하셨어선임하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
선임하는
과거Past
선임한
미래Future
선임할
회상Used to
선임하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
선임하고
-게-ly / so that
선임하게
-어서so / and then
선임하서
-으니까since
선임하니까
-으면if / when
선임하면
-지만but
선임하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
선임하는데
-어도even if
선임하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 선임하고 있어요선임하고 있습니다선임하고 있어선임하고 있다
과거Was doing 선임하고 있었어요선임하고 있었습니다선임하고 있었어선임하고 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 아이들과 부모는 변호사를 선임할 수 없습니다.

These kids, these parents, they don't get lawyers.

선임할 수 없을 경우 국선 변호인이 선임됩니다

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.

많은 도시들의 주택법정에서 임대주의 90%가 변호사를 선임합니다. 반면 세입자들의 90%는 변호사를 선임하지 못합니다.

In many cities, 90 percent of the landlords in housing court have attorneys, while 90 percent of the tenants do not.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 선임하다 in Korean?

선임하다 (to appoint) is 선임하요 in the polite 해요체, 선임합니다 in formal 합니다체, 선임하 in casual 반말 and 선임한다 in the plain written style. The past is 선임핬어요.

What is the past tense of 선임하다?

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

Is 선임하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 선임합니다, 선임하, 선임하니 all keep 선임하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 선임하다?

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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