속하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be part of

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 속하다 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
속하는
아/어Infinitive
속하
-으니Since
속하니
합니다Formal
속합니다

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 속하요속합니다속하속한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 속핬어요속핬습니다속핬어속핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 속하겠어요속하겠습니다속하겠어속하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 속할 거예요속할 것입니다속할 거야속할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 속하요?속합니까?속하?속하니?
과거Past 속핬어요?속핬습니까?속핬어?속핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 속하세요속하십시오속하속하라
청유Let's 속하요속합시다속하속하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 속하요안 속합니다안 속하안 속한다
-지 않다Not (long) 속하지 않아요속하지 않습니다속하지 않아속하지 않는다
Cannot 못 속하요못 속합니다못 속하못 속한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 속하세요속하십니다속하셔속하신다
과거Past 속하셨어요속하셨습니다속하셨어속하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
속하는
과거Past
속한
미래Future
속할
회상Used to
속하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
속하고
-게-ly / so that
속하게
-어서so / and then
속하서
-으니까since
속하니까
-으면if / when
속하면
-지만but
속하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
속하는데
-어도even if
속하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 속하고 있어요속하고 있습니다속하고 있어속하고 있다
과거Was doing 속하고 있었어요속하고 있었습니다속하고 있었어속하고 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.

모두가 그들이 속한 상황을 이해하고 있습니다.

Everyone understands the situation they're all in.

난 이 거리에 속하지 않아.

I don't belong in this street.

그리고 그 사회에 속해야 하죠.

We need to be in that community.

저도 어딘가 속하길 원했습니다.

I wanted to belong somewhere, too.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 속하다 in Korean?

속하다 (to be part of) is 속하요 in the polite 해요체, 속합니다 in formal 합니다체, 속하 in casual 반말 and 속한다 in the plain written style. The past is 속핬어요.

What is the past tense of 속하다?

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

Is 속하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 속합니다, 속하, 속하니 all keep 속하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 속하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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