Sukjehada Conjugation: 숙제하다 Meaning, Forms & Examples

Key Facts

• Hangul: 숙제하다 (sukjehada)
• Meaning: to do homework
• Level: A2
• Stem: 숙제하
• Class: 하다 type
• Polite present / past: 숙제해요 / 숙제했어요
• Honorific polite: 숙제하세요

What Does 숙제하다 Mean?

Sense:

• to do homework. Do assigned school work: 저녁에 숙제하다. Often written 숙제를 하다.

숙제를 하다, with the object particle, is very common, and the one-word verb 숙제하다 needs no object. To say you have homework, use 숙제가 있어요.

How Do You Pronounce 숙제하다?

In Revised Romanization, 숙제하다 is written sukjehada. The spoken form is [숙쩨하다], which follows the 국립국어원 standard pronunciation rules.

19 conjugated forms of 숙제하다 sound different from the spelling:

• 숙제해요 [숙쩨해요]
• 숙제했어요 [숙쩨해써요]
• 숙제할 거예요 [숙쩨할꺼예요]
• 숙제하겠어요 [숙쩨하게써요]
• 숙제합니다 [숙쩨함니다]
• 숙제했습니다 [숙쩨핻씀니다]
• 숙제할 것입니다 [숙쩨할꺼심니다]
• 숙제해 [숙쩨해]
• 숙제했어 [숙쩨해써]
• 숙제할 거야 [숙쩨할꺼야]
• 숙제하고 싶어요 [숙쩨하고 시퍼요]
• 숙제하세요 [숙쩨하세요]
• 숙제해서 [숙쩨해서]
• 숙제하면 [숙쩨하면]
• 숙제하는 [숙쩨하는]
• 숙제한 [숙쩨한]
• 숙제할 [숙쩨할]
• 숙제 안 해요 [숙쩨 안 해요]
• 숙제하지 않아요 [숙쩨하지 아나요]

How Do You Use 숙제하다 in a Sentence?

저녁에 (in the evening) sets the time. (숙제해요)

어제 (yesterday) with the plain past. (숙제했어요)

숙제하면 is the conditional (if you do your homework), and 놀아도 돼요 gives permission. (숙제하면)

How Does Sukjehada Conjugation Work? (19 forms)

Is 숙제하다 Regular or Irregular?

Only the 하 part changes: 숙제하 + 여 becomes 숙제해, which gives 숙제해요 and the past 숙제했어요, while the noun 숙제 stays fixed. The full pattern is in 하다 to 해요.

Which Mistake Do Learners Make with 숙제하다?

Wrong: ✗ 숙제를 만들어요.

Correct: ✓ 숙제를 해요.

Why: English 'do homework' maps to 하다, not 만들다.

Learners sometimes pick 만들다 because homework is something you produce. But 만들다 means to make or create an object; doing homework is always 하다.

숙제하다 Versus 공부하다 and 복습하다

After Korean Class: Making Evening Plans

Two classmates compare their homework plans before leaving. They use a present question, a past answer and a future plan for the same activity.

Jisu

Alex

Jisu

벌써 means “already” and makes the finished work relevant to the conversation now. The third line names a place with 에서, because homework is an activity done there. The speakers do not need another object after 숙제하다: the kind of work is already inside the verb.

Having Homework, Doing It and Handing It In

숙제가 있어요 means “I have homework”. It describes an assignment that exists, not the action of working on it. 숙제해요 says that you do homework. A learner can have homework without having started it, so the two expressions answer different questions.

숙제를 하다 means to do homework, and 숙제를 내다 can mean to assign homework when the subject is a teacher. For a student, 숙제를 제출하다 clearly means to submit homework. Paying attention to who is speaking helps with 내다, while 제출하다 gives a more explicit description of handing work in.

숙제를 끝내다 means to finish homework. Compare it with 숙제하다, which names the activity without by itself stressing completion. A past sentence can report that you worked on homework; 다, “all”, makes completion explicit in 다 했어요 when homework is already the topic.

Common Combinations in Study Talk

수학 숙제 is maths homework and 한국어 숙제 is Korean homework. The subject name goes before 숙제 without needing an English-style “for”. This is useful when you have several assignments: the subject identifies which homework you mean before you describe doing it.

숙제가 많아요 means there is a lot of homework. Korean commonly talks about its amount with 많다 rather than counting separate pieces. If you need a precise quantity, count the actual tasks, questions or pages. An assignment and the number of questions inside it are different quantities.

밀린 숙제 means homework that has piled up or fallen behind schedule. It suggests unfinished work carried over from earlier. It does not simply mean today's assignment. In everyday talk, the phrase explains why someone needs extra study time before they can join another activity.

Where Will You Hear 숙제하다?

At home, parents and children talk about whether homework is done before dinner or before going out. Adult language learners use the same word for work assigned between classes. 숙제 is not limited to primary school children, and 숙제해요 is a normal polite answer to a classmate or instructor.

In a classroom, you may see 숙제 as a short heading on the board, followed by page numbers or instructions. The noun identifies the assignment section. It does not mean the teacher is doing homework; a heading names a topic without supplying a subject or a tense.

공부하다 is broader than 숙제하다. Reviewing your own notes can be study even when nobody assigned it. 복습하다 means reviewing previously learned material; that review may itself be assigned as homework. The distinction is the kind of activity, not a rule that review must always be voluntary.

The school vocabulary lesson teaches the classroom words surrounding homework.

What Needs a Space?

숙제해요 keeps the noun and 하다 together as one verb. 숙제를 해요 separates the noun phrase from the verb because 를 is attached to 숙제. In 숙제 안 해요, 안 sits before 해요. The sound of 숙제 stays the same across these choices; the spacing shows how the sentence is built.

Mini Drill: Homework Forms

1. Change 숙제하다 to the polite past.
2. Make 숙제해요 negative with 안.
3. Add the object marker in the split form: 숙제___ 해요.
4. Choose the expression for having an assignment: 숙제가 있어요 or 숙제해요?

Quick Self-Test

1. Can adult language students use 숙제?
2. What does 수학 숙제 mean?
3. Does 복습하다 always mean unassigned work?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 숙제하다 a Regular or Irregular Verb?

숙제하다 follows the 하다 pattern: 하 + 여 contracts to 해, so every ending that starts with 아/어 becomes 해-.

How Do I Say "I Do Homework" Politely?

숙제해요, as in 저는 저녁에 숙제해요 (I do homework in the evening). The past is 숙제했어요 and the plan future is 숙제할 거예요.

Does 숙제하다 Take an Object?

No. The one-word verb 숙제하다 already contains the noun 숙제, so it needs no object.

Can I Say 숙제를 하다 Instead?

Yes. 숙제를 하다 is just as common; the noun 숙제 takes the object particle and 하다 is the verb.

How Do I Say "I Have Homework"?

Say 숙제가 있어요 (there is homework).

Which Words Are Related to 숙제하다?

• 예습하다
• 하다

What Should You Learn Next?

After 숙제하다, study 공부하다 and 복습하다, the other everyday study verbs. Every form of 숙제하다 can be checked in the Korean verb conjugator, and more school verbs are in the verb dictionary.