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KOREAN VERB

의심하다

to doubt

  • #375 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI doubt
NegativeI don’t doubt

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI doubted
NegativeI didn’t doubt

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will doubt
NegativeI won’t doubt

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI doubt (respectfully)
PastI doubted (respectfully)
FutureI will doubt (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please doubt
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please doubt (formal)
  3. Plain command doubt! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t doubt

How to use 의심하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 그 사람 말을 좀 의심해요.

    I doubt what that person says a bit.

  2. Past

    처음에는 저도 그 소식을 의심했어요.

    At first I doubted that news too.

  3. Future

    증거가 없으면 사람들이 의심할 거예요.

    Without proof, people will doubt it.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 텔레비전 광고를 항상 의심하세요.

    Grandma always doubts TV ads.

  5. Connectives

    친구를 의심하면 사이가 금방 나빠져요.

    If you doubt a friend, the friendship quickly goes bad.

  6. Requests and commands

    저를 의심하지 마세요, 정말 진짜예요.

    Don't doubt me, it's really true.

Good to know

  • 의심하다 is to doubt or suspect someone; 의심스럽다 is for something that looks suspicious.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.