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하다 verb
옹호하다onghohadato protect

To say to protect politely in the present tense, use 옹호해요 (ohng-hoh-hae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 옹호하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
옹호해
ohng-hoh-hae
옹호해요
ohng-hoh-hae-yoh
옹호합니다
ohng-hoh-hahm-nee-dah
Past
옹호했어
ohng-hoh-hae-ssuh
옹호했어요
ohng-hoh-hae-ssuh-yoh
옹호했습니다
ohng-hoh-hae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
옹호할 거야
ohng-hoh-hahl- -guh-yah
옹호할 거예요
ohng-hoh-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh
옹호할 겁니다
ohng-hoh-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
옹호하세요
ohng-hoh-hah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
옹호해요
ohng-hoh-hae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
옹호해요?
ohng-hoh-hae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
옹호하고
ohng-hoh-hah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
옹호하면
ohng-hoh-hah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
옹호함
ohng-hoh-hahm