Verbs · 하다 word

산책하다 conjugation

to take a walk · sanchaekada · sounds like [산채카다]

Short answer: “To take a walk” in Korean is 산책하다 (sanchaekada). Polite present: 산책해요 (sanchaekaeyo); past: 산책했어요 (sanchaekaesseoyo); future: 산책할 거예요. It is a 하다 verb: 하 + 아/어 always becomes 해.

Present산책해요[산채캐요] · sanchaekaeyo
Past산책했어요[산채캐써요] · sanchaekaesseoyo
Future산책할 거예요[산채칼 꺼예요] · sanchaekal geoyeyo
Negative산책 안 해요[산책 안 해요] · sanchaek an haeyo

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

산책하다 in sentences

저녁마다 강아지랑 산책해요.I walk my dog every evening.
공원에서 산책했어요.I took a walk in the park.

All forms of 산책하다

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.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite-아/어요	산책해요	[산채캐요]	sanchaekaeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다	산책합니다	[산채캄니다]	sanchaekamnida
casual-아/어	산책해	[산채캐]	sanchaekae
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다	산책한다	[산채칸다]	sanchaekanda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?	산책합니까?	[산채캄니까]	sanchaekamnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요	산책하고 있어요	[산채카고 이써요]	sanchaekago isseoyo

Past
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite-았/었어요	산책했어요	[산채캐써요]	sanchaekaesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다	산책했습니다	[산채캗씀니다]	sanchaekaetseumnida
casual-았/었어	산책했어	[산채캐써]	sanchaekaesseo
plain (written)-았/었다	산책했다	[산채캗따]	sanchaekaetda

Future
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요	산책할 거예요	[산채칼 꺼예요]	sanchaekal geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다	산책할 겁니다	[산채칼 껌니다]	sanchaekal geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야	산책할 거야	[산채칼 꺼야]	sanchaekal geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다	산책하겠습니다	[산채카겓씀니다]	sanchaekagetseumnida

Negative
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
not (short)안 …	산책 안 해요	[산책 안 해요]	sanchaek an haeyo
did not안 …았/었어요	산책 안 했어요	[산책 안 해써요]	sanchaek an haesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요	산책하지 않아요	[산채카지 아나요]	sanchaekaji anayo
cannot못 …	산책 못 해요	[산챙 모태요]	sanchaek mot haeyo

Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
honorific — present-(으)세요	산책하세요	[산채카세요]	sanchaekaseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요	산책하셨어요	[산채카셔써요]	sanchaekasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다	산책하십니다	[산채카심니다]	sanchaekasimnida

Requests
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
please …-(으)세요	산책하세요	[산채카세요]	sanchaekaseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요	산책해 주세요	[산채캐 주세요]	sanchaekae juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요	산책하지 마세요	[산채카지 마세요]	sanchaekaji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다	산책합시다	[산채캅씨다]	sanchaekapsida
let’s … (casual)-자	산책하자	[산채카자]	sanchaekaja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라	산책해라	[산채캐라]	sanchaekaera

Connecting
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
… and-고	산책하고	[산채카고]	sanchaekago
… so / and then-아/어서	산책해서	[산채캐서]	sanchaekaeseo
if …-(으)면	산책하면	[산채카면]	sanchaekamyeon
… but-지만	산책하지만	[산채카지만]	sanchaekajiman
because …-(으)니까	산책하니까	[산채카니까]	sanchaekanikka
… and / but (background)-는데	산책하는데	[산채카는데]	sanchaekaneunde
even if …-아/어도	산책해도	[산채캐도]	sanchaekaedo
while …-(으)면서	산책하면서	[산채카면서]	sanchaekamyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고	산책하려고	[산채카려고]	sanchaekaryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러	산책하러	[산채카러]	sanchaekareo
before …-기 전에	산책하기 전에	[산채카기 저네]	sanchaekagi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에	산책한 후에	[산채칸 후에]	sanchaekan hue

Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
(that) … now-는	산책하는	[산채카는]	sanchaekaneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ	산책한	[산채칸]	sanchaekan
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ	산책할	[산채칼]	sanchaekal

Useful patterns
Form	Korean	Sounds like	Romanized
I want to …-고 싶어요	산책하고 싶어요	[산채카고 시퍼요]	sanchaekago sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요	산책할 수 있어요	[산채칼 쑤 이써요]	sanchaekal su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요	산책할 수 없어요	[산채칼 쑤 업써요]	sanchaekal su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요	산책해야 해요	[산채캐야 해요]	sanchaekaeya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요	산책해도 돼요	[산채캐도 돼요]	sanchaekaedo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요	산책하면 안 돼요	[산채카면 안 돼요]	sanchaekamyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기	산책하기	[산채카기]	sanchaekagi

How 산책하다 changes

Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 산책해요, 산책했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 산책합니다, 산책하면.

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Questions

How do you say “take a walk” in Korean?

“To take a walk” is 산책하다 (sanchaekada), pronounced [산채카다]. In a sentence: 저녁마다 강아지랑 산책해요. — I walk my dog every evening.

What is the past tense of 산책하다?

산책했어요 (sanchaekaesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 산책하다 (“to take a walk”). Formal: 산책했습니다; casual: 산책했어.

How do you say 산책하다 politely?

Everyday polite: 산책해요 (sanchaekaeyo). Formal: 산책합니다. Casual, with close friends: 산책해.

How do you say “I want to take a walk” in Korean?

산책하고 싶어요 (sanchaekago sipeoyo), pronounced [산채카고 시퍼요].

Is 산책하다 irregular?

No. Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 산책해요, 산책했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 산책합니다, 산책하면.

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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