쇠퇴하다

to decline

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쇠퇴하는
아/어Infinitive
쇠퇴하
-으니Since
쇠퇴하니
합니다Formal
쇠퇴합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쇠퇴하요쇠퇴합니다쇠퇴하쇠퇴한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쇠퇴핬어요쇠퇴핬습니다쇠퇴핬어쇠퇴핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쇠퇴하겠어요쇠퇴하겠습니다쇠퇴하겠어쇠퇴하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쇠퇴할 거예요쇠퇴할 것입니다쇠퇴할 거야쇠퇴할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쇠퇴하요?쇠퇴합니까?쇠퇴하?쇠퇴하니?
과거Past 쇠퇴핬어요?쇠퇴핬습니까?쇠퇴핬어?쇠퇴핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쇠퇴하세요쇠퇴하십시오쇠퇴하쇠퇴하라
청유Let's 쇠퇴하요쇠퇴합시다쇠퇴하쇠퇴하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쇠퇴하요안 쇠퇴합니다안 쇠퇴하안 쇠퇴한다
-지 않다Not (long) 쇠퇴하지 않아요쇠퇴하지 않습니다쇠퇴하지 않아쇠퇴하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쇠퇴하요못 쇠퇴합니다못 쇠퇴하못 쇠퇴한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쇠퇴하세요쇠퇴하십니다쇠퇴하셔쇠퇴하신다
과거Past 쇠퇴하셨어요쇠퇴하셨습니다쇠퇴하셨어쇠퇴하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쇠퇴하는
과거Past
쇠퇴한
미래Future
쇠퇴할
회상Used to
쇠퇴하던

Joining clauses

-고and
쇠퇴하고
-게-ly / so that
쇠퇴하게
-어서so / and then
쇠퇴하서
-으니까since
쇠퇴하니까
-으면if / when
쇠퇴하면
-지만but
쇠퇴하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쇠퇴하는데
-어도even if
쇠퇴하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쇠퇴하고 있어요쇠퇴하고 있습니다쇠퇴하고 있어쇠퇴하고 있다
과거Was doing 쇠퇴하고 있었어요쇠퇴하고 있었습니다쇠퇴하고 있었어쇠퇴하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

인간관계는 쇠퇴해버렸죠.

And human relationships were already withering.

종교는 미국에서 쇠퇴하고 있습니다.

Religion is waning in the United States.

그리고 매 순간 쇠퇴해 갑니다.

And then from hour to hour we rot and rot.

우리의 뇌가 그렇게 줄어들고 쇠퇴하게 될까요?

Is all of our brain going to start to shrink and atrophy like that?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쇠퇴하다 in Korean?

쇠퇴하다 (to decline) is 쇠퇴하요 in the polite 해요체, 쇠퇴합니다 in formal 합니다체, 쇠퇴하 in casual 반말 and 쇠퇴한다 in the plain written style. The past is 쇠퇴핬어요.

What is the past tense of 쇠퇴하다?

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

Is 쇠퇴하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쇠퇴합니다, 쇠퇴하, 쇠퇴하니 all keep 쇠퇴하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쇠퇴하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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