Verbseoul.
하다 verb
작용하다jakyonghadato act on or affect something

To say to act on or affect something politely in the present tense, use 작용해요 (chah-gyohng-hae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 작용하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
작용해
chah-gyohng-hae
작용해요
chah-gyohng-hae-yoh
작용합니다
chah-gyohng-hahm-nee-dah
Past
작용했어
chah-gyohng-hae-ssuh
작용했어요
chah-gyohng-hae-ssuh-yoh
작용했습니다
chah-gyohng-hae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
작용할 거야
chah-gyohng-hahl- -guh-yah
작용할 거예요
chah-gyohng-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh
작용할 겁니다
chah-gyohng-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
작용하세요
chah-gyohng-hah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
작용해요
chah-gyohng-hae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
작용해요?
chah-gyohng-hae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
작용하고
chah-gyohng-hah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
작용하면
chah-gyohng-hah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
작용함
chah-gyohng-hahm