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도착하다 conjugation

to arrive · dochakada · sounds like [도차카다]

Short answer: “To arrive” in Korean is 도착하다 (dochakada). Polite present: 도착해요 (dochakaeyo); past: 도착했어요 (dochakaesseoyo); future: 도착할 거예요. It is a 하다 verb: 하 + 아/어 always becomes 해.

Opposite: 출발하다 — to depart

Note: with noun + 하다 verbs, 안 and 못 go before 하다 — 도착 안 해요, not 안 도착해요.

도착하다 in sentences

All forms of 도착하다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-아/어요도착해요[도차캐요]dochakaeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다도착합니다[도차캄니다]dochakamnida
casual-아/어도착해[도차캐]dochakae
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다도착한다[도차칸다]dochakanda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?도착합니까?[도차캄니까]dochakamnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요도착하고 있어요[도차카고 이써요]dochakago isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요도착했어요[도차캐써요]dochakaesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다도착했습니다[도차캗씀니다]dochakaetseumnida
casual-았/었어도착했어[도차캐써]dochakaesseo
plain (written)-았/었다도착했다[도차캗따]dochakaetda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요도착할 거예요[도차칼 꺼예요]dochakal geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다도착할 겁니다[도차칼 껌니다]dochakal geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야도착할 거야[도차칼 꺼야]dochakal geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다도착하겠습니다[도차카겓씀니다]dochakagetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …도착 안 해요[도착 안 해요]dochak an haeyo
did not안 …았/었어요도착 안 했어요[도착 안 해써요]dochak an haesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요도착하지 않아요[도차카지 아나요]dochakaji anayo
cannot못 …도착 못 해요[도창 모태요]dochak mot haeyo
Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
honorific — present-(으)세요도착하세요[도차카세요]dochakaseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요도착하셨어요[도차카셔써요]dochakasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다도착하십니다[도차카심니다]dochakasimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요도착하세요[도차카세요]dochakaseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요도착해 주세요[도차캐 주세요]dochakae juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요도착하지 마세요[도차카지 마세요]dochakaji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다도착합시다[도차캅씨다]dochakapsida
let’s … (casual)-자도착하자[도차카자]dochakaja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라도착해라[도차캐라]dochakaera
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고도착하고[도차카고]dochakago
… so / and then-아/어서도착해서[도차캐서]dochakaeseo
if …-(으)면도착하면[도차카면]dochakamyeon
… but-지만도착하지만[도차카지만]dochakajiman
because …-(으)니까도착하니까[도차카니까]dochakanikka
… and / but (background)-는데도착하는데[도차카는데]dochakaneunde
even if …-아/어도도착해도[도차캐도]dochakaedo
while …-(으)면서도착하면서[도차카면서]dochakamyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고도착하려고[도차카려고]dochakaryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러도착하러[도차카러]dochakareo
before …-기 전에도착하기 전에[도차카기 저네]dochakagi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에도착한 후에[도차칸 후에]dochakan hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는도착하는[도차카는]dochakaneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ도착한[도차칸]dochakan
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ도착할[도차칼]dochakal
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요도착하고 싶어요[도차카고 시퍼요]dochakago sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요도착할 수 있어요[도차칼 쑤 이써요]dochakal su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요도착할 수 없어요[도차칼 쑤 업써요]dochakal su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요도착해야 해요[도차캐야 해요]dochakaeya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요도착해도 돼요[도차캐도 돼요]dochakaedo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요도착하면 안 돼요[도차카면 안 돼요]dochakamyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기도착하기[도차카기]dochakagi

How 도착하다 changes

Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 도착해요, 도착했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 도착합니다, 도착하면.

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Questions

How do you say “arrive” in Korean?

“To arrive” is 도착하다 (dochakada), pronounced [도차카다]. In a sentence: 비행기가 도착했어요. — The plane has arrived.

What is the past tense of 도착하다?

도착했어요 (dochakaesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 도착하다 (“to arrive”). Formal: 도착했습니다; casual: 도착했어.

How do you say 도착하다 politely?

Everyday polite: 도착해요 (dochakaeyo). Formal: 도착합니다. Casual, with close friends: 도착해.

How do you say “I want to arrive” in Korean?

도착하고 싶어요 (dochakago sipeoyo), pronounced [도차카고 시퍼요].

Is 도착하다 irregular?

No. Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 도착해요, 도착했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 도착합니다, 도착하면.

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check