통하다 Korean verb conjugation

to pass through

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 통하다 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
통하는
아/어Infinitive
통하
-으니Since
통하니
합니다Formal
통합니다

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 통하요통합니다통하통한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 통핬어요통핬습니다통핬어통핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 통하겠어요통하겠습니다통하겠어통하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 통할 거예요통할 것입니다통할 거야통할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 통하요?통합니까?통하?통하니?
과거Past 통핬어요?통핬습니까?통핬어?통핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 통하세요통하십시오통하통하라
청유Let's 통하요통합시다통하통하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 통하요안 통합니다안 통하안 통한다
-지 않다Not (long) 통하지 않아요통하지 않습니다통하지 않아통하지 않는다
Cannot 못 통하요못 통합니다못 통하못 통한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 통하세요통하십니다통하셔통하신다
과거Past 통하셨어요통하셨습니다통하셨어통하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
통하는
과거Past
통한
미래Future
통할
회상Used to
통하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
통하고
-게-ly / so that
통하게
-어서so / and then
통하서
-으니까since
통하니까
-으면if / when
통하면
-지만but
통하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
통하는데
-어도even if
통하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 통하고 있어요통하고 있습니다통하고 있어통하고 있다
과거Was doing 통하고 있었어요통하고 있었습니다통하고 있었어통하고 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.

우리 말이 통하는 것 같지 않아?

We speak the same language, don't we?

우린 통하는 게 있어

We have a connection.

봤냐? 봤지? 나를 통해 어떻게 일하시는지?

See how he just works through me?

그리고 버지니아에서 오는 Roosevelt 다라와 통하고 있습니다.

It's the last building on the Mall, on access of the Roosevelt Bridge that comes in from Virginia.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 통하다 in Korean?

통하다 (to pass through) is 통하요 in the polite 해요체, 통합니다 in formal 합니다체, 통하 in casual 반말 and 통한다 in the plain written style. The past is 통핬어요.

What is the past tense of 통하다?

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

Is 통하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 통합니다, 통하, 통하니 all keep 통하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 통하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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