염려하다

to worry, to be anxious

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
염려하는
아/어Infinitive
염려하
-으니Since
염려하니
합니다Formal
염려합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 염려하요염려합니다염려하염려한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 염려핬어요염려핬습니다염려핬어염려핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 염려하겠어요염려하겠습니다염려하겠어염려하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 염려할 거예요염려할 것입니다염려할 거야염려할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 염려하요?염려합니까?염려하?염려하니?
과거Past 염려핬어요?염려핬습니까?염려핬어?염려핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 염려하세요염려하십시오염려하염려하라
청유Let's 염려하요염려합시다염려하염려하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 염려하요안 염려합니다안 염려하안 염려한다
-지 않다Not (long) 염려하지 않아요염려하지 않습니다염려하지 않아염려하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 염려하요못 염려합니다못 염려하못 염려한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 염려하세요염려하십니다염려하셔염려하신다
과거Past 염려하셨어요염려하셨습니다염려하셨어염려하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
염려하는
과거Past
염려한
미래Future
염려할
회상Used to
염려하던

Joining clauses

-고and
염려하고
-게-ly / so that
염려하게
-어서so / and then
염려하서
-으니까since
염려하니까
-으면if / when
염려하면
-지만but
염려하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
염려하는데
-어도even if
염려하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 염려하고 있어요염려하고 있습니다염려하고 있어염려하고 있다
과거Was doing 염려하고 있었어요염려하고 있었습니다염려하고 있었어염려하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그녀는 지구상에서 잊혀질까봐 염려했습니다.

She had felt she had not left her mark on this Earth.

제가 더 염려하는 것은 좀 다른 악몽같은 시나리오입니다.

What worries me more is a different nightmare scenario.

사람들이 크게 염려하는 부분이

People worry a lot about this.

저는 엄마이고, 그래서 아이들의 미래를 염려합니다.

I'm a mother, so I care about the future of my child.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 염려하다 in Korean?

염려하다 (to worry, to be anxious) is 염려하요 in the polite 해요체, 염려합니다 in formal 합니다체, 염려하 in casual 반말 and 염려한다 in the plain written style. The past is 염려핬어요.

What is the past tense of 염려하다?

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

Is 염려하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 염려합니다, 염려하, 염려하니 all keep 염려하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 염려하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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