KoreanSum

Verbs · 하다 word

연습하다 conjugation

to practise · yeonseupada · sounds like [연스파다]

Short answer: “To practise” in Korean is 연습하다 (yeonseupada). Polite present: 연습해요 (yeonseupaeyo); past: 연습했어요 (yeonseupaesseoyo); future: 연습할 거예요. It is a 하다 verb: 하 + 아/어 always becomes 해.

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

연습하다 in sentences

All forms of 연습하다

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/어요연습해요[연스패요]yeonseupaeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다연습합니다[연스팜니다]yeonseupamnida
casual-아/어연습해[연스패]yeonseupae
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다연습한다[연스판다]yeonseupanda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?연습합니까?[연스팜니까]yeonseupamnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요연습하고 있어요[연스파고 이써요]yeonseupago isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요연습했어요[연스패써요]yeonseupaesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다연습했습니다[연스팯씀니다]yeonseupaetseumnida
casual-았/었어연습했어[연스패써]yeonseupaesseo
plain (written)-았/었다연습했다[연스팯따]yeonseupaetda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요연습할 거예요[연스팔 꺼예요]yeonseupal geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다연습할 겁니다[연스팔 껌니다]yeonseupal geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야연습할 거야[연스팔 꺼야]yeonseupal geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다연습하겠습니다[연스파겓씀니다]yeonseupagetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …연습 안 해요[연습 안 해요]yeonseup an haeyo
did not안 …았/었어요연습 안 했어요[연습 안 해써요]yeonseup an haesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요연습하지 않아요[연스파지 아나요]yeonseupaji anayo
cannot못 …연습 못 해요[연슴 모태요]yeonseup 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)세요연습하세요[연스파세요]yeonseupaseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요연습하셨어요[연스파셔써요]yeonseupasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다연습하십니다[연스파심니다]yeonseupasimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요연습하세요[연스파세요]yeonseupaseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요연습해 주세요[연스패 주세요]yeonseupae juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요연습하지 마세요[연스파지 마세요]yeonseupaji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다연습합시다[연스팝씨다]yeonseupapsida
let’s … (casual)-자연습하자[연스파자]yeonseupaja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라연습해라[연스패라]yeonseupaera
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고연습하고[연스파고]yeonseupago
… so / and then-아/어서연습해서[연스패서]yeonseupaeseo
if …-(으)면연습하면[연스파면]yeonseupamyeon
… but-지만연습하지만[연스파지만]yeonseupajiman
because …-(으)니까연습하니까[연스파니까]yeonseupanikka
… and / but (background)-는데연습하는데[연스파는데]yeonseupaneunde
even if …-아/어도연습해도[연스패도]yeonseupaedo
while …-(으)면서연습하면서[연스파면서]yeonseupamyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고연습하려고[연스파려고]yeonseuparyeogo
(go) to …-(으)러연습하러[연스파러]yeonseupareo
before …-기 전에연습하기 전에[연스파기 저네]yeonseupagi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에연습한 후에[연스판 후에]yeonseupan hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는연습하는[연스파는]yeonseupaneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ연습한[연스판]yeonseupan
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ연습할[연스팔]yeonseupal
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요연습하고 싶어요[연스파고 시퍼요]yeonseupago sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요연습할 수 있어요[연스팔 쑤 이써요]yeonseupal su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요연습할 수 없어요[연스팔 쑤 업써요]yeonseupal su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요연습해야 해요[연스패야 해요]yeonseupaeya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요연습해도 돼요[연스패도 돼요]yeonseupaedo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요연습하면 안 돼요[연스파면 안 돼요]yeonseupamyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기연습하기[연스파기]yeonseupagi

How 연습하다 changes

Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 연습해요, 연습했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 연습합니다, 연습하면.

How every verb type works → · Why it sounds like that →

Questions

How do you say “practise” in Korean?

“To practise” is 연습하다 (yeonseupada), pronounced [연스파다]. In a sentence: 매일 피아노를 연습해요. — I practise the piano every day.

What is the past tense of 연습하다?

연습했어요 (yeonseupaesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 연습하다 (“to practise”). Formal: 연습했습니다; casual: 연습했어.

How do you say 연습하다 politely?

Everyday polite: 연습해요 (yeonseupaeyo). Formal: 연습합니다. Casual, with close friends: 연습해.

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

연습하고 싶어요 (yeonseupago sipeoyo), pronounced [연스파고 시퍼요].

Is 연습하다 irregular?

No. Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 연습해요, 연습했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 연습합니다, 연습하면.

More 하다 words like 연습하다

Look up another word

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