탐색하다 Korean verb conjugation

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TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 탐색하다 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
탐색하는
아/어Infinitive
탐색하
-으니Since
탐색하니
합니다Formal
탐색합니다

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 탐색하요탐색합니다탐색하탐색한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탐색핬어요탐색핬습니다탐색핬어탐색핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 탐색하겠어요탐색하겠습니다탐색하겠어탐색하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탐색할 거예요탐색할 것입니다탐색할 거야탐색할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탐색하요?탐색합니까?탐색하?탐색하니?
과거Past 탐색핬어요?탐색핬습니까?탐색핬어?탐색핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 탐색하세요탐색하십시오탐색하탐색하라
청유Let's 탐색하요탐색합시다탐색하탐색하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 탐색하요안 탐색합니다안 탐색하안 탐색한다
-지 않다Not (long) 탐색하지 않아요탐색하지 않습니다탐색하지 않아탐색하지 않는다
Cannot 못 탐색하요못 탐색합니다못 탐색하못 탐색한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탐색하세요탐색하십니다탐색하셔탐색하신다
과거Past 탐색하셨어요탐색하셨습니다탐색하셨어탐색하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
탐색하는
과거Past
탐색한
미래Future
탐색할
회상Used to
탐색하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
탐색하고
-게-ly / so that
탐색하게
-어서so / and then
탐색하서
-으니까since
탐색하니까
-으면if / when
탐색하면
-지만but
탐색하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
탐색하는데
-어도even if
탐색하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 탐색하고 있어요탐색하고 있습니다탐색하고 있어탐색하고 있다
과거Was doing 탐색하고 있었어요탐색하고 있었습니다탐색하고 있었어탐색하고 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.

그래서 우리는 과거 자료를 탐색하는 것 부터 시작했습니다.

So the way we started was looking at some historical data.

저를 갖고, 배우고, 탐색하고, 렌즈를 통해 들여다 보세요.

Earn me, learn me, scan me, squint through your lens.

탐색하는 재미가 대단했어요.

And I think the fun is in the hunt.

하지만 오래 있을 거라면 탐색하세요.

But if you're going to be there for a longer time, explore.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 탐색하다 in Korean?

탐색하다 (to quest, search) is 탐색하요 in the polite 해요체, 탐색합니다 in formal 합니다체, 탐색하 in casual 반말 and 탐색한다 in the plain written style. The past is 탐색핬어요.

What is the past tense of 탐색하다?

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

Is 탐색하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 탐색합니다, 탐색하, 탐색하니 all keep 탐색하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 탐색하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.