Korean reference

발전하다

baljeonhada

to advance; to develop

Irregular · 24 form tables

Includes verbs and adjectives. Rows show speech levels and constructions, rather than personal pronouns. Honorific forms refer to a respected subject.

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Tense

Present

발전하다: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaeyoadvance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhamnidaadvance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhaeadvance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhandaadvance

Past

발전하다: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaesseoyoadvanced
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhaetseumnidaadvanced
해체, casual levelbaljeonhaesseoadvanced
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhaetdaadvanced

Future

발전하다: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhal geoyeyowill advance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhal geomnidawill advance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhal geoyawill advance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhal geosidawill advance

Intention / conjecture

발전하다: Intention / conjecture
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhagesseoyowill probably advance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhagetseumnidawill probably advance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhagesseowill probably advance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhagetdawill probably advance

Progressive

발전하다: Progressive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhago isseoyobe advancing
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhago itseumnidabe advancing
해체, casual levelbaljeonhago isseobe advancing
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhago itdabe advancing

Negative

Short negative

발전하다: Short negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeon an haeyodo not advance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeon an hamnidado not advance
해체, casual levelbaljeon an haedo not advance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeon an handado not advance

Long negative

발전하다: Long negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaji anayodo not advance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhaji anseumnidado not advance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhaji anado not advance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhaji anneundado not advance

Endings

Honorific

발전하다: Honorific
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaseyohe/she advances (honorific)
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhasimnidahe/she advances (honorific)
해체, casual levelbaljeonhasyeohe/she advances (honorific)
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhasindahe/she advances (honorific)

Wish

발전하다: Wish
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhago sipeoyoI want to advance
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhago sipseumnidaI want to advance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhago sipeoI want to advance
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhago sipdaI want to advance

Question

발전하다: Question
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaeyo?do you advance?
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhamnikka?do you advance?
해체, casual levelbaljeonhae?do you advance?
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhani?do you advance?

Past question

발전하다: Past question
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaesseoyo?did you advance?
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhaetseumnikka?did you advance?
해체, casual levelbaljeonhaesseo?did you advance?
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhaenni?did you advance?

Request

발전하다: Request
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaseyoadvance!
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhasipsioadvance!
해체, casual levelbaljeonhaeadvance!
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhaeraadvance!

Proposal

발전하다: Proposal
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhaeyolet's advance!
합니다체, formal polite levelbaljeonhapsidalet's advance!
해체, casual levelbaljeonhajalet's advance!
한다체, plain written levelbaljeonhajalet's advance!

Promise

발전하다: Promise
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhalgeyoI will advance
해체, casual levelbaljeonhalgeI will advance

Shall I?

발전하다: Shall I?
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelbaljeonhalkkayo?shall I advance?
해체, casual levelbaljeonhalkka?shall I advance?

Linking

And

발전하다: And
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhagoI advance, and

And so / because

발전하다: And so / because
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhaeseobecause I advance

If

발전하다: If
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhamyeonif you advance

But

발전하다: But
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhajimanI advance, but

Because

발전하다: Because
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhanikkabecause I advance

Background

발전하다: Background
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhaneundeI advance (background)

Modifier

Present noun modifier

발전하다: Present noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhaneunadvance (before a noun)

Past noun modifier

발전하다: Past noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhanadvanced (before a noun)

Future noun modifier

발전하다: Future noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formbaljeonhalwill advance (before a noun)

Additional forms

Additional honorific forms

발전하다: Additional honorific forms
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Saying it happened (았/었)baljeonhasyeosseoyohe/she advanced (honorific)

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