얘기하다

to tell a story

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얘기하는
아/어Infinitive
얘기하
-으니Since
얘기하니
합니다Formal
얘기합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얘기하요얘기합니다얘기하얘기한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얘기핬어요얘기핬습니다얘기핬어얘기핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얘기하겠어요얘기하겠습니다얘기하겠어얘기하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얘기할 거예요얘기할 것입니다얘기할 거야얘기할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얘기하요?얘기합니까?얘기하?얘기하니?
과거Past 얘기핬어요?얘기핬습니까?얘기핬어?얘기핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얘기하세요얘기하십시오얘기하얘기하라
청유Let's 얘기하요얘기합시다얘기하얘기하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얘기하요안 얘기합니다안 얘기하안 얘기한다
-지 않다Not (long) 얘기하지 않아요얘기하지 않습니다얘기하지 않아얘기하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 얘기하요못 얘기합니다못 얘기하못 얘기한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얘기하세요얘기하십니다얘기하셔얘기하신다
과거Past 얘기하셨어요얘기하셨습니다얘기하셨어얘기하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얘기하는
과거Past
얘기한
미래Future
얘기할
회상Used to
얘기하던

Joining clauses

-고and
얘기하고
-게-ly / so that
얘기하게
-어서so / and then
얘기하서
-으니까since
얘기하니까
-으면if / when
얘기하면
-지만but
얘기하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얘기하는데
-어도even if
얘기하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얘기하고 있어요얘기하고 있습니다얘기하고 있어얘기하고 있다
과거Was doing 얘기하고 있었어요얘기하고 있었습니다얘기하고 있었어얘기하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우린 서로 얘기했어.

We talked.

그 문제에 대해 얘기해 본 적 있어요?

Have you been told about the problem?

너한테 모든 걸 좀 더 빨리 얘기했어야 했는데.

I should have told you everything earlier.

처음부터 얘기해 보세요.

Let's start at the beginning.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얘기하다 in Korean?

얘기하다 (to tell a story) is 얘기하요 in the polite 해요체, 얘기합니다 in formal 합니다체, 얘기하 in casual 반말 and 얘기한다 in the plain written style. The past is 얘기핬어요.

What is the past tense of 얘기하다?

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

Is 얘기하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얘기합니다, 얘기하, 얘기하니 all keep 얘기하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얘기하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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