퇴근하다 Korean verb conjugation

to leave work

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 퇴근하다 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
퇴근하는
아/어Infinitive
퇴근하
-으니Since
퇴근하니
합니다Formal
퇴근합니다

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 퇴근하요퇴근합니다퇴근하퇴근한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 퇴근핬어요퇴근핬습니다퇴근핬어퇴근핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 퇴근하겠어요퇴근하겠습니다퇴근하겠어퇴근하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 퇴근할 거예요퇴근할 것입니다퇴근할 거야퇴근할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 퇴근하요?퇴근합니까?퇴근하?퇴근하니?
과거Past 퇴근핬어요?퇴근핬습니까?퇴근핬어?퇴근핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 퇴근하세요퇴근하십시오퇴근하퇴근하라
청유Let's 퇴근하요퇴근합시다퇴근하퇴근하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 퇴근하요안 퇴근합니다안 퇴근하안 퇴근한다
-지 않다Not (long) 퇴근하지 않아요퇴근하지 않습니다퇴근하지 않아퇴근하지 않는다
Cannot 못 퇴근하요못 퇴근합니다못 퇴근하못 퇴근한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 퇴근하세요퇴근하십니다퇴근하셔퇴근하신다
과거Past 퇴근하셨어요퇴근하셨습니다퇴근하셨어퇴근하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
퇴근하는
과거Past
퇴근한
미래Future
퇴근할
회상Used to
퇴근하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
퇴근하고
-게-ly / so that
퇴근하게
-어서so / and then
퇴근하서
-으니까since
퇴근하니까
-으면if / when
퇴근하면
-지만but
퇴근하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
퇴근하는데
-어도even if
퇴근하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 퇴근하고 있어요퇴근하고 있습니다퇴근하고 있어퇴근하고 있다
과거Was doing 퇴근하고 있었어요퇴근하고 있었습니다퇴근하고 있었어퇴근하고 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.

네, 우리 퇴근해요

Yeah, let's get outta here.

그치들 밤이라 퇴근했겠지.

They've gone home for the night.

퇴근하고 바로 오는 거니?

Straight home from work again?

여러분 퇴근하세요 끝났습니다

Gentlemen, you're done. Finished.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 퇴근하다 in Korean?

퇴근하다 (to leave work) is 퇴근하요 in the polite 해요체, 퇴근합니다 in formal 합니다체, 퇴근하 in casual 반말 and 퇴근한다 in the plain written style. The past is 퇴근핬어요.

What is the past tense of 퇴근하다?

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

Is 퇴근하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 퇴근합니다, 퇴근하, 퇴근하니 all keep 퇴근하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 퇴근하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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