투쟁하다 Korean verb conjugation

to oppose, contend, go against

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 투쟁하다 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
투쟁하는
아/어Infinitive
투쟁하
-으니Since
투쟁하니
합니다Formal
투쟁합니다

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 투쟁하요투쟁합니다투쟁하투쟁한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 투쟁핬어요투쟁핬습니다투쟁핬어투쟁핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 투쟁하겠어요투쟁하겠습니다투쟁하겠어투쟁하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 투쟁할 거예요투쟁할 것입니다투쟁할 거야투쟁할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 투쟁하요?투쟁합니까?투쟁하?투쟁하니?
과거Past 투쟁핬어요?투쟁핬습니까?투쟁핬어?투쟁핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 투쟁하세요투쟁하십시오투쟁하투쟁하라
청유Let's 투쟁하요투쟁합시다투쟁하투쟁하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 투쟁하요안 투쟁합니다안 투쟁하안 투쟁한다
-지 않다Not (long) 투쟁하지 않아요투쟁하지 않습니다투쟁하지 않아투쟁하지 않는다
Cannot 못 투쟁하요못 투쟁합니다못 투쟁하못 투쟁한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 투쟁하세요투쟁하십니다투쟁하셔투쟁하신다
과거Past 투쟁하셨어요투쟁하셨습니다투쟁하셨어투쟁하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
투쟁하는
과거Past
투쟁한
미래Future
투쟁할
회상Used to
투쟁하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
투쟁하고
-게-ly / so that
투쟁하게
-어서so / and then
투쟁하서
-으니까since
투쟁하니까
-으면if / when
투쟁하면
-지만but
투쟁하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
투쟁하는데
-어도even if
투쟁하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 투쟁하고 있어요투쟁하고 있습니다투쟁하고 있어투쟁하고 있다
과거Was doing 투쟁하고 있었어요투쟁하고 있었습니다투쟁하고 있었어투쟁하고 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.

투쟁해서 권리를 찾은 뇌였어요.

This was a brain that paid its dues.

우리는 싸웠고, 투쟁했으며, 승리했습니다.

So we fought, we struggled, we triumphed.

제 뜻은, 소년들은 그곳에서 투쟁했습니다.

I mean, boy were there struggles.

60년대부터 여성의 신체 자유와 체중 수용을 위해 투쟁했습니다.

We've been fighting for fat acceptance and women's body autonomy since the '60s.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 투쟁하다 in Korean?

투쟁하다 (to oppose, contend, go against) is 투쟁하요 in the polite 해요체, 투쟁합니다 in formal 합니다체, 투쟁하 in casual 반말 and 투쟁한다 in the plain written style. The past is 투쟁핬어요.

What is the past tense of 투쟁하다?

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

Is 투쟁하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 투쟁합니다, 투쟁하, 투쟁하니 all keep 투쟁하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 투쟁하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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