운전하다 Korean verb conjugation

to drive

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 운전하다 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
운전하는
아/어Infinitive
운전하
-으니Since
운전하니
합니다Formal
운전합니다

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 운전하요운전합니다운전하운전한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 운전핬어요운전핬습니다운전핬어운전핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 운전하겠어요운전하겠습니다운전하겠어운전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 운전할 거예요운전할 것입니다운전할 거야운전할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 운전하요?운전합니까?운전하?운전하니?
과거Past 운전핬어요?운전핬습니까?운전핬어?운전핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 운전하세요운전하십시오운전하운전하라
청유Let's 운전하요운전합시다운전하운전하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 운전하요안 운전합니다안 운전하안 운전한다
-지 않다Not (long) 운전하지 않아요운전하지 않습니다운전하지 않아운전하지 않는다
Cannot 못 운전하요못 운전합니다못 운전하못 운전한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 운전하세요운전하십니다운전하셔운전하신다
과거Past 운전하셨어요운전하셨습니다운전하셨어운전하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
운전하는
과거Past
운전한
미래Future
운전할
회상Used to
운전하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
운전하고
-게-ly / so that
운전하게
-어서so / and then
운전하서
-으니까since
운전하니까
-으면if / when
운전하면
-지만but
운전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
운전하는데
-어도even if
운전하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 운전하고 있어요운전하고 있습니다운전하고 있어운전하고 있다
과거Was doing 운전하고 있었어요운전하고 있었습니다운전하고 있었어운전하고 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.

그 둘은 차를 번갈아 가면서 운전했다.

The two took turns driving the car.

계속 운전하고 있어봐.

Keep driving.

운전할 때를 잠깐 떠올려보세요.

Think of driving for a second.

이 첫 트럭의 프로토타입을 운전했을 때

When I was driving the test prototype for the first truck.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 운전하다 in Korean?

운전하다 (to drive) is 운전하요 in the polite 해요체, 운전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 운전하 in casual 반말 and 운전한다 in the plain written style. The past is 운전핬어요.

What is the past tense of 운전하다?

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

Is 운전하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 운전합니다, 운전하, 운전하니 all keep 운전하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 운전하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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