공부하다 conjugation

The polite forms end in 요 and suit most conversations; the formal form is for announcements, presentations and first meetings. The same form works for I, you, she or they.

How 공부하다 conjugates

1. Find the stem. Take 다 off 공부하다 and you are left with 공부하.
2. Apply the 하다 pattern. 하 becomes 해 before an ending. That gives 공부해요.
3. Build the rest on it. The past tense adds ㅆ to the same base, giving 공부했어요, and the table above has the future and the formal form.

Using 공부하다

공부 (study) + 하다. You're doing this right now: 한국어를 공부해요.

• 한국어를 공부해요.

  I study Korean.

• 매일 공부하고 싶어요.

  I want to study every day.

More 하다 verbs

• 하다to do
• 말하다to speak
• 좋아하다to like
• 일하다to work
• 시작하다to start
• 요리하다to cook

Conjugate any other verb with the Korean verb conjugator, or read the guide to Korean verb conjugation for the rules behind the table.