식별하다 Korean verb conjugation
to discern
Every form of 식별하다 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
- 식별하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 식별하
- -으니Since
- 식별하니
- 합니다Formal
- 식별합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 식별하요 | 식별합니다 | 식별하 | 식별한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 식별핬어요 | 식별핬습니다 | 식별핬어 | 식별핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 식별하겠어요 | 식별하겠습니다 | 식별하겠어 | 식별하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 식별할 거예요 | 식별할 것입니다 | 식별할 거야 | 식별할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 식별하요? | 식별합니까? | 식별하? | 식별하니? |
| 과거Past | 식별핬어요? | 식별핬습니까? | 식별핬어? | 식별핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 식별하세요 | 식별하십시오 | 식별하 | 식별하라 |
| 청유Let's | 식별하요 | 식별합시다 | 식별하 | 식별하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 식별하요 | 안 식별합니다 | 안 식별하 | 안 식별한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 식별하지 않아요 | 식별하지 않습니다 | 식별하지 않아 | 식별하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 식별하요 | 못 식별합니다 | 못 식별하 | 못 식별한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 식별하세요 | 식별하십니다 | 식별하셔 | 식별하신다 |
| 과거Past | 식별하셨어요 | 식별하셨습니다 | 식별하셨어 | 식별하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 식별하는
- 과거Past
- 식별한
- 미래Future
- 식별할
- 회상Used to
- 식별하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 식별하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 식별하게
- -어서so / and then
- 식별하서
- -으니까since
- 식별하니까
- -으면if / when
- 식별하면
- -지만but
- 식별하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 식별하는데
- -어도even if
- 식별하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 식별하고 있어요 | 식별하고 있습니다 | 식별하고 있어 | 식별하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 식별하고 있었어요 | 식별하고 있었습니다 | 식별하고 있었어 | 식별하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 식별하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그들은 타인의 공포를 더 잘 식별합니다.
They are better at recognizing other people's fear.
왜 물고기를 식별하는데 사람의 손가락을 찾고 있을까요?
Why would it be looking for human fingers if it's trying to identify a fish?
연구자들이 AI를 훈련시켜 사진에서 잉어를 식별하도록 했습니다.
And there was a group of researchers who trained an AI to identify this tench in pictures.
어떤 것이 진짜고 가짜인지 눈으로 식별하기 어렵다는 점이 좋아요.
I like the fact that the viewer can never make the assumption about what's real and what's fake.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 식별하다 in Korean?
식별하다 (to discern) is 식별하요 in the polite 해요체, 식별합니다 in formal 합니다체, 식별하 in casual 반말 and 식별한다 in the plain written style. The past is 식별핬어요.
What is the past tense of 식별하다?
식별핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 식별핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 식별하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 식별하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 식별합니다, 식별하, 식별하니 all keep 식별하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 식별하다?
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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