양보하다 Korean verb conjugation

to yield, to concede

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 양보하다 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
양보하는
아/어Infinitive
양보하
-으니Since
양보하니
합니다Formal
양보합니다

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 양보하요양보합니다양보하양보한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 양보핬어요양보핬습니다양보핬어양보핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 양보하겠어요양보하겠습니다양보하겠어양보하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 양보할 거예요양보할 것입니다양보할 거야양보할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 양보하요?양보합니까?양보하?양보하니?
과거Past 양보핬어요?양보핬습니까?양보핬어?양보핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 양보하세요양보하십시오양보하양보하라
청유Let's 양보하요양보합시다양보하양보하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 양보하요안 양보합니다안 양보하안 양보한다
-지 않다Not (long) 양보하지 않아요양보하지 않습니다양보하지 않아양보하지 않는다
Cannot 못 양보하요못 양보합니다못 양보하못 양보한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 양보하세요양보하십니다양보하셔양보하신다
과거Past 양보하셨어요양보하셨습니다양보하셨어양보하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
양보하는
과거Past
양보한
미래Future
양보할
회상Used to
양보하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
양보하고
-게-ly / so that
양보하게
-어서so / and then
양보하서
-으니까since
양보하니까
-으면if / when
양보하면
-지만but
양보하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
양보하는데
-어도even if
양보하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 양보하고 있어요양보하고 있습니다양보하고 있어양보하고 있다
과거Was doing 양보하고 있었어요양보하고 있었습니다양보하고 있었어양보하고 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.

자리를 양보하다

to give up one's seat (e.g. on the subway)

만약 브로크와 에이트리가 이긴다면 로키는 그들에게 머리를 양보해야했지요.

Literally—if Brokk and Eitri won, Loki would forfeit his head to them.

영원히 두던가 양보하던가

We can play forever or you can yield.

이번 판은 내가 양보하지

Dr. Henning to pediatrics.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 양보하다 in Korean?

양보하다 (to yield, to concede) is 양보하요 in the polite 해요체, 양보합니다 in formal 합니다체, 양보하 in casual 반말 and 양보한다 in the plain written style. The past is 양보핬어요.

What is the past tense of 양보하다?

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

Is 양보하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 양보합니다, 양보하, 양보하니 all keep 양보하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 양보하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.