육박하다 Korean verb conjugation

to approach (especially used with numbers)

Every form of 육박하다 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
육박하는
아/어Infinitive
육박하
-으니Since
육박하니
합니다Formal
육박합니다

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 육박하요육박합니다육박하육박한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 육박핬어요육박핬습니다육박핬어육박핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 육박하겠어요육박하겠습니다육박하겠어육박하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 육박할 거예요육박할 것입니다육박할 거야육박할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 육박하요?육박합니까?육박하?육박하니?
과거Past 육박핬어요?육박핬습니까?육박핬어?육박핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 육박하세요육박하십시오육박하육박하라
청유Let's 육박하요육박합시다육박하육박하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 육박하요안 육박합니다안 육박하안 육박한다
-지 않다Not (long) 육박하지 않아요육박하지 않습니다육박하지 않아육박하지 않는다
Cannot 못 육박하요못 육박합니다못 육박하못 육박한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 육박하세요육박하십니다육박하셔육박하신다
과거Past 육박하셨어요육박하셨습니다육박하셨어육박하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
육박하는
과거Past
육박한
미래Future
육박할
회상Used to
육박하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
육박하고
-게-ly / so that
육박하게
-어서so / and then
육박하서
-으니까since
육박하니까
-으면if / when
육박하면
-지만but
육박하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
육박하는데
-어도even if
육박하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 육박하고 있어요육박하고 있습니다육박하고 있어육박하고 있다
과거Was doing 육박하고 있었어요육박하고 있었습니다육박하고 있었어육박하고 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.

그래도 145조 달러에 육박합니다.

Then that would be 145 trillion dollars.

2050년이 되면, 그 숫자는 70%에 육박할 것입니다.

And by 2050, it will be closer to 70 percent.

지금은 거의 1/3에 육박하고 있어요.

And now it's approaching a third.

이 숫자는 내각의 28%에 육박하는 수치입니다. 대부분의 선진국보다도 더욱 높은 수치이기도 하고요.

That's nearly 28 percent of the cabinet, and more than many developed countries can claim.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 육박하다 in Korean?

육박하다 (to approach (especially used with numbers)) is 육박하요 in the polite 해요체, 육박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 육박하 in casual 반말 and 육박한다 in the plain written style. The past is 육박핬어요.

What is the past tense of 육박하다?

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

Is 육박하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 육박합니다, 육박하, 육박하니 all keep 육박하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 육박하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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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.