선포하다 Korean verb conjugation

to declare publicly

Every form of 선포하다 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
선포하는
아/어Infinitive
선포하
-으니Since
선포하니
합니다Formal
선포합니다

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 선포하요선포합니다선포하선포한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 선포핬어요선포핬습니다선포핬어선포핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 선포하겠어요선포하겠습니다선포하겠어선포하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 선포할 거예요선포할 것입니다선포할 거야선포할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선포하요?선포합니까?선포하?선포하니?
과거Past 선포핬어요?선포핬습니까?선포핬어?선포핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 선포하세요선포하십시오선포하선포하라
청유Let's 선포하요선포합시다선포하선포하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 선포하요안 선포합니다안 선포하안 선포한다
-지 않다Not (long) 선포하지 않아요선포하지 않습니다선포하지 않아선포하지 않는다
Cannot 못 선포하요못 선포합니다못 선포하못 선포한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 선포하세요선포하십니다선포하셔선포하신다
과거Past 선포하셨어요선포하셨습니다선포하셨어선포하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
선포하는
과거Past
선포한
미래Future
선포할
회상Used to
선포하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
선포하고
-게-ly / so that
선포하게
-어서so / and then
선포하서
-으니까since
선포하니까
-으면if / when
선포하면
-지만but
선포하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
선포하는데
-어도even if
선포하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 선포하고 있어요선포하고 있습니다선포하고 있어선포하고 있다
과거Was doing 선포하고 있었어요선포하고 있었습니다선포하고 있었어선포하고 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.

1941년 12월에는 일본이 미국에게 전쟁을 선포했다.

Japan declared war on the United States in December, 1941.

이는 인류의 가장 어두운 악에게 선포하는 전쟁입니다.

It's a declaration of war against one of humanity's darkest evils.

완전한 에너지 자치권을 선포한 도시가 300 곳입니다.

There are 300 cities that have declared complete energy autonomy.

국가적 재앙이라고 선포하고, 세계적 위기 상황이라고 하나요?

Are we declaring a national disaster, a global emergency?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 선포하다 in Korean?

선포하다 (to declare publicly) is 선포하요 in the polite 해요체, 선포합니다 in formal 합니다체, 선포하 in casual 반말 and 선포한다 in the plain written style. The past is 선포핬어요.

What is the past tense of 선포하다?

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

Is 선포하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 선포합니다, 선포하, 선포하니 all keep 선포하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 선포하다?

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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