식별하다

to discern

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
식별하는
아/어Infinitive
식별하
-으니Since
식별하니
합니다Formal
식별합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 식별하요식별합니다식별하식별한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 식별핬어요식별핬습니다식별핬어식별핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 식별하겠어요식별하겠습니다식별하겠어식별하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 식별할 거예요식별할 것입니다식별할 거야식별할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 식별하요?식별합니까?식별하?식별하니?
과거Past 식별핬어요?식별핬습니까?식별핬어?식별핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 식별하세요식별하십시오식별하식별하라
청유Let's 식별하요식별합시다식별하식별하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 식별하요안 식별합니다안 식별하안 식별한다
-지 않다Not (long) 식별하지 않아요식별하지 않습니다식별하지 않아식별하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 식별하요못 식별합니다못 식별하못 식별한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 식별하세요식별하십니다식별하셔식별하신다
과거Past 식별하셨어요식별하셨습니다식별하셨어식별하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
식별하는
과거Past
식별한
미래Future
식별할
회상Used to
식별하던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 식별하고 있어요식별하고 있습니다식별하고 있어식별하고 있다
과거Was doing 식별하고 있었어요식별하고 있었습니다식별하고 있었어식별하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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