용하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be skilled, to be excellent
Every form of 용하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 용한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 용해
- -으니Since
- 용하니
- 합니다Formal
- 용합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 용해요 | 용합니다 | 용해 | 용하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 용했어요 | 용했습니다 | 용했어 | 용했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 용하겠어요 | 용하겠습니다 | 용하겠어 | 용하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 용할 거예요 | 용할 것입니다 | 용할 거야 | 용할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 용해요? | 용합니까? | 용해? | 용하니? |
| 과거Past | 용했어요? | 용했습니까? | 용했어? | 용했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 용해요 | 안 용합니다 | 안 용해 | 안 용하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 용하지 않아요 | 용하지 않습니다 | 용하지 않아 | 용하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 용하세요 | 용하십니다 | 용하셔 | 용하시다 |
| 과거Past | 용하셨어요 | 용하셨습니다 | 용하셨어 | 용하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 용한
- 과거Past
- 용한
- 미래Future
- 용할
- 회상Used to
- 용하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 용하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 용하게
- -어서so / and then
- 용해서
- -으니까since
- 용하니까
- -으면if / when
- 용하면
- -지만but
- 용하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 용한데
- -어도even if
- 용해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 용하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
먼 무당이 용하다
The grass is greener on the other side
용하게 눈물을 참았네.
You managed to hold in your tears.
용케도 날 설득하네
Get me to agree to stuff.
저들 덕분에 용케 왔군
You wouldn't have made it without them.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 용하다 in Korean?
용하다 (to be skilled, to be excellent) is 용해요 in the polite 해요체, 용합니다 in formal 합니다체, 용해 in casual 반말 and 용하다 in the plain written style. The past is 용했어요.
What is the past tense of 용하다?
용했어요 in everyday polite speech, 용했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 용하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 용하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 용하여 and 용하니 but unchanged in 용합니다.
What TOPIK level is 용하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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