용하다

to be skilled, to be excellent

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
용한
아/어Infinitive
용해
-으니Since
용하니
합니다Formal
용합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 용해요용합니다용해용하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 용했어요용했습니다용했어용했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 용하겠어요용하겠습니다용하겠어용하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 용할 거예요용할 것입니다용할 거야용할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 용해요?용합니까?용해?용하니?
과거Past 용했어요?용했습니까?용했어?용했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 용해요안 용합니다안 용해안 용하다
-지 않다Not (long) 용하지 않아요용하지 않습니다용하지 않아용하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 용하세요용하십니다용하셔용하시다
과거Past 용하셨어요용하셨습니다용하셨어용하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
용한
과거Past
용한
미래Future
용할
회상Used to
용하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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