숭상하다

to respect

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
숭상하는
아/어Infinitive
숭상하
-으니Since
숭상하니
합니다Formal
숭상합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 숭상하요숭상합니다숭상하숭상한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 숭상핬어요숭상핬습니다숭상핬어숭상핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 숭상하겠어요숭상하겠습니다숭상하겠어숭상하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 숭상할 거예요숭상할 것입니다숭상할 거야숭상할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 숭상하요?숭상합니까?숭상하?숭상하니?
과거Past 숭상핬어요?숭상핬습니까?숭상핬어?숭상핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 숭상하세요숭상하십시오숭상하숭상하라
청유Let's 숭상하요숭상합시다숭상하숭상하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 숭상하요안 숭상합니다안 숭상하안 숭상한다
-지 않다Not (long) 숭상하지 않아요숭상하지 않습니다숭상하지 않아숭상하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 숭상하요못 숭상합니다못 숭상하못 숭상한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 숭상하세요숭상하십니다숭상하셔숭상하신다
과거Past 숭상하셨어요숭상하셨습니다숭상하셨어숭상하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
숭상하는
과거Past
숭상한
미래Future
숭상할
회상Used to
숭상하던

Joining clauses

-고and
숭상하고
-게-ly / so that
숭상하게
-어서so / and then
숭상하서
-으니까since
숭상하니까
-으면if / when
숭상하면
-지만but
숭상하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
숭상하는데
-어도even if
숭상하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 숭상하고 있어요숭상하고 있습니다숭상하고 있어숭상하고 있다
과거Was doing 숭상하고 있었어요숭상하고 있었습니다숭상하고 있었어숭상하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

한 아프라카 주술사가 말했습니다. "왕이 소박한 옷을 입고 서 있는 동안 당신들의 사회는 어릿광대를 숭상합니다."

An African shaman said, "Your society worships the jester while the king stands in plain clothes."

Common questions

How do you conjugate 숭상하다 in Korean?

숭상하다 (to respect) is 숭상하요 in the polite 해요체, 숭상합니다 in formal 합니다체, 숭상하 in casual 반말 and 숭상한다 in the plain written style. The past is 숭상핬어요.

What is the past tense of 숭상하다?

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

Is 숭상하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 숭상합니다, 숭상하, 숭상하니 all keep 숭상하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 숭상하다?

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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