Verbseoul.
하다 verb
방어하다bangeohadato defend

To say to defend politely in the present tense, use 방어해요 (bahng-uh-hae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 방어하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
방어해
bahng-uh-hae
방어해요
bahng-uh-hae-yoh
방어합니다
bahng-uh-hahm-nee-dah
Past
방어했어
bahng-uh-hae-ssuh
방어했어요
bahng-uh-hae-ssuh-yoh
방어했습니다
bahng-uh-hae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
방어할 거야
bahng-uh-hahl- -guh-yah
방어할 거예요
bahng-uh-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh
방어할 겁니다
bahng-uh-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
방어하세요
bahng-uh-hah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
방어해요
bahng-uh-hae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
방어해요?
bahng-uh-hae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
방어하고
bahng-uh-hah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
방어하면
bahng-uh-hah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
방어함
bahng-uh-hahm