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KOREAN VERB

가능하다

to be possible, to be able to make it

  • #398 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am possible
NegativeI am not possible

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was possible
NegativeI was not possible

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be possible
NegativeI won’t be possible

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am possible (respectfully)
PastI was possible (respectfully)
FutureI will be possible (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being possible, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being possible, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am possible
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am possible
  5. But (-지만) I am possible, but…

How to use 가능하다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    혹시 영수증 없이도 환불이 가능해요?

    Is a refund possible even without the receipt, by any chance?

  2. Past

    그때는 서울 안에서 당일 배송이 가능했어요.

    Back then same-day delivery was possible within Seoul.

  3. Future

    다음 주면 예약이 가능할 거예요.

    Booking should be possible by next week.

  4. Honorific

    사장님, 내일 오후 세 시 가능하세요?

    Sir, would three o'clock tomorrow afternoon work for you?

  5. Connectives

    재택근무가 가능하면 서울을 떠나고 싶어요.

    If working from home is possible, I'd like to leave Seoul.

Good to know

  • 가능해요? asks if something can be done, 가능하세요? if someone can make a time; the opposite is 불가능하다.

Where you hear 가능하다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 목요일 아침은 가능하세요? Is Thursday morning possible for you?
  • 지난주에는 가능했어요. Last week it was possible.
  • 내일은 녹음이 가능할 거예요. Tomorrow the recording will be possible.

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 목요일 아침은 가능하세요? Is Thursday morning possible for you?
  • 지난주에는 가능했어요. Last week it was possible.
  • 내일은 녹음이 가능할 거예요. Tomorrow the recording will be possible.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.