Verbseoul.
하다 verb
칭찬하다chingchanhadato compliment, to praise

To say to compliment, to praise politely in the present tense, use 칭찬해요 (cheeng-chahn-hae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 칭찬하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
칭찬해
cheeng-chahn-hae
칭찬해요
cheeng-chahn-hae-yoh
칭찬합니다
cheeng-chahn-hahm-nee-dah
Past
칭찬했어
cheeng-chahn-hae-ssuh
칭찬했어요
cheeng-chahn-hae-ssuh-yoh
칭찬했습니다
cheeng-chahn-hae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
칭찬할 거야
cheeng-chahn-hahl- -guh-yah
칭찬할 거예요
cheeng-chahn-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh
칭찬할 겁니다
cheeng-chahn-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
칭찬하세요
cheeng-chahn-hah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
칭찬해요
cheeng-chahn-hae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
칭찬해요?
cheeng-chahn-hae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
칭찬하고
cheeng-chahn-hah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
칭찬하면
cheeng-chahn-hah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
칭찬함
cheeng-chahn-hahm