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연락하다 conjugation

to contact; to get in touch · yeollakada · sounds like [열라카다]

Short answer: “To contact” in Korean is 연락하다 (yeollakada), which also means to get in touch. Polite present: 연락해요 (yeollakaeyo); past: 연락했어요 (yeollakaesseoyo); future: 연락할 거예요. It is a 하다 verb: 하 + 아/어 always becomes 해.

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

연락하다 in sentences

All forms of 연락하다

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/어요연락해요[열라캐요]yeollakaeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다연락합니다[열라캄니다]yeollakamnida
casual-아/어연락해[열라캐]yeollakae
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다연락한다[열라칸다]yeollakanda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?연락합니까?[열라캄니까]yeollakamnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요연락하고 있어요[열라카고 이써요]yeollakago isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요연락했어요[열라캐써요]yeollakaesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다연락했습니다[열라캗씀니다]yeollakaetseumnida
casual-았/었어연락했어[열라캐써]yeollakaesseo
plain (written)-았/었다연락했다[열라캗따]yeollakaetda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요연락할 거예요[열라칼 꺼예요]yeollakal geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다연락할 겁니다[열라칼 껌니다]yeollakal geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야연락할 거야[열라칼 꺼야]yeollakal geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다연락하겠습니다[열라카겓씀니다]yeollakagetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …연락 안 해요[열락 안 해요]yeollak an haeyo
did not안 …았/었어요연락 안 했어요[열락 안 해써요]yeollak an haesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요연락하지 않아요[열라카지 아나요]yeollakaji anayo
cannot못 …연락 못 해요[열랑 모태요]yeollak 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)세요연락하세요[열라카세요]yeollakaseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요연락하셨어요[열라카셔써요]yeollakasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다연락하십니다[열라카심니다]yeollakasimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요연락하세요[열라카세요]yeollakaseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요연락해 주세요[열라캐 주세요]yeollakae juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요연락하지 마세요[열라카지 마세요]yeollakaji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다연락합시다[열라캅씨다]yeollakapsida
let’s … (casual)-자연락하자[열라카자]yeollakaja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라연락해라[열라캐라]yeollakaera
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고연락하고[열라카고]yeollakago
… so / and then-아/어서연락해서[열라캐서]yeollakaeseo
if …-(으)면연락하면[열라카면]yeollakamyeon
… but-지만연락하지만[열라카지만]yeollakajiman
because …-(으)니까연락하니까[열라카니까]yeollakanikka
… and / but (background)-는데연락하는데[열라카는데]yeollakaneunde
even if …-아/어도연락해도[열라캐도]yeollakaedo
while …-(으)면서연락하면서[열라카면서]yeollakamyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고연락하려고[열라카려고]yeollakaryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러연락하러[열라카러]yeollakareo
before …-기 전에연락하기 전에[열라카기 저네]yeollakagi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에연락한 후에[열라칸 후에]yeollakan hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는연락하는[열라카는]yeollakaneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ연락한[열라칸]yeollakan
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ연락할[열라칼]yeollakal
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요연락하고 싶어요[열라카고 시퍼요]yeollakago sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요연락할 수 있어요[열라칼 쑤 이써요]yeollakal su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요연락할 수 없어요[열라칼 쑤 업써요]yeollakal su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요연락해야 해요[열라캐야 해요]yeollakaeya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요연락해도 돼요[열라캐도 돼요]yeollakaedo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요연락하면 안 돼요[열라카면 안 돼요]yeollakamyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기연락하기[열라카기]yeollakagi

How 연락하다 changes

Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 연락해요, 연락했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 연락합니다, 연락하면.

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Questions

How do you say “contact” in Korean?

“To contact” is 연락하다 (yeollakada), pronounced [열라카다]. In a sentence: 도착하면 연락할게요. — I’ll get in touch when I arrive.

What is the past tense of 연락하다?

연락했어요 (yeollakaesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 연락하다 (“to contact”). Formal: 연락했습니다; casual: 연락했어.

How do you say 연락하다 politely?

Everyday polite: 연락해요 (yeollakaeyo). Formal: 연락합니다. Casual, with close friends: 연락해.

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

연락하고 싶어요 (yeollakago sipeoyo), pronounced [열라카고 시퍼요].

Is 연락하다 irregular?

No. Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 연락해요, 연락했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 연락합니다, 연락하면.

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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