시작하다 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 시작하다 conjugates

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

Using 시작하다

시작 (a start) plus 하다, so literally to do a start. 시작해요! is how you say let's begin.

• 수업을 시작해요.

  The class begins.

• 언제 시작했어요?

  When did you start?

More 하다 verbs

• 일하다to work
• 하다to do
• 말하다to speak
• 좋아하다to like
• 공부하다to study
• 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.