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질문하다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Associate 질문하다 with “question” by noting that “질문 (jilmun)” sounds like “question” and 하다 (hada) means “to do” – so it literally means “to do question.”
• Visualize someone actively “doing” a question, making it easier to recall that it means “to ask a question.”

Explanations:
• 질문하다 is a verb that means “to ask a question.”
• It is a compound verb formed by the noun 질문 (jilmun, meaning “question”) and the verb 하다 (hada, meaning “to do”).

Other words with the same meaning:
• 물어보다 (mureoboda) – This also means “to ask” or “to inquire.”

Conjugations:
• Infinitive: 질문하다 (jilmunhada)
• Present informal polite: 질문해요 (jilmunhaeyo)
• Present formal: 질문합니다 (jilmunhamnida)
• Present informal low: 질문해 (jilmunhae)
• Past informal polite: 질문했어요 (jilmunhaesseoyo)
• Past formal: 질문했습니다 (jilmunhaetseumnida)
• Future informal polite: 질문할 거예요 (jilmunhal geoyeyo)
• Future formal: 질문할 것입니다 (jilmunhal geosipnida)

Example sentences:
1. I ask a question every class.
– Korean: 저는 매 수업마다 질문해요.
– Romanized: jeoneun mae sueopmada jilmunhaeyo.

2. He asked a question about the homework.
– Korean: 그는 숙제에 대해 질문했어요.
– Romanized: geuneun sukjegae daehae jilmunhaesseoyo.

3. Will you ask a question during the meeting?
– Korean: 회의 중에 질문할 거예요?
– Romanized: hoeui junge jilmunhal geoyeyo?

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