탐구하다

to investigate, to explore

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
탐구하는
아/어Infinitive
탐구하
-으니Since
탐구하니
합니다Formal
탐구합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탐구하요탐구합니다탐구하탐구한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탐구핬어요탐구핬습니다탐구핬어탐구핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 탐구하겠어요탐구하겠습니다탐구하겠어탐구하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탐구할 거예요탐구할 것입니다탐구할 거야탐구할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탐구하요?탐구합니까?탐구하?탐구하니?
과거Past 탐구핬어요?탐구핬습니까?탐구핬어?탐구핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 탐구하세요탐구하십시오탐구하탐구하라
청유Let's 탐구하요탐구합시다탐구하탐구하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 탐구하요안 탐구합니다안 탐구하안 탐구한다
-지 않다Not (long) 탐구하지 않아요탐구하지 않습니다탐구하지 않아탐구하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 탐구하요못 탐구합니다못 탐구하못 탐구한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탐구하세요탐구하십니다탐구하셔탐구하신다
과거Past 탐구하셨어요탐구하셨습니다탐구하셨어탐구하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
탐구하는
과거Past
탐구한
미래Future
탐구할
회상Used to
탐구하던

Joining clauses

-고and
탐구하고
-게-ly / so that
탐구하게
-어서so / and then
탐구하서
-으니까since
탐구하니까
-으면if / when
탐구하면
-지만but
탐구하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
탐구하는데
-어도even if
탐구하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 탐구하고 있어요탐구하고 있습니다탐구하고 있어탐구하고 있다
과거Was doing 탐구하고 있었어요탐구하고 있었습니다탐구하고 있었어탐구하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

온종일 탐구하며 보냅니다.

All day it's about exploration.

여러분이 세상을 탐구하는 방식입니다.

It's how you navigate the world.

생체 공학은 생물학과 디자인 사이의 상호작용을 탐구합니다.

Bionics explores the interplay between biology and design.

그들은 인간의 질병이나 과학의 다른 중요한 주제들을 탐구합니다.

They're studying human disease and other important elements of science.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 탐구하다 in Korean?

탐구하다 (to investigate, to explore) is 탐구하요 in the polite 해요체, 탐구합니다 in formal 합니다체, 탐구하 in casual 반말 and 탐구한다 in the plain written style. The past is 탐구핬어요.

What is the past tense of 탐구하다?

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

Is 탐구하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 탐구합니다, 탐구하, 탐구하니 all keep 탐구하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 탐구하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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