악하다

evil, bad, wicked, vile

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
악한
아/어Infinitive
악해
-으니Since
악하니
합니다Formal
악합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 악해요악합니다악해악하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 악했어요악했습니다악했어악했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 악하겠어요악하겠습니다악하겠어악하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 악할 거예요악할 것입니다악할 거야악할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 악해요?악합니까?악해?악하니?
과거Past 악했어요?악했습니까?악했어?악했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 악해요안 악합니다안 악해안 악하다
-지 않다Not (long) 악하지 않아요악하지 않습니다악하지 않아악하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 악하세요악하십니다악하셔악하시다
과거Past 악하셨어요악하셨습니다악하셨어악하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
악한
과거Past
악한
미래Future
악할
회상Used to
악하던

Joining clauses

-고and
악하고
-게-ly / so that
악하게
-어서so / and then
악해서
-으니까since
악하니까
-으면if / when
악하면
-지만but
악하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
악한데
-어도even if
악해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

악함은 어디에서 기원하는가?

Where does it come from?

기계가 스스로 악해질 리가 없거든요.

It's not that our machines will become spontaneously malevolent.

악한 것은 보지도 말고, 듣지도 말고, 말하지도 말라.

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.

악한 자들에게 기회를 줄 생각도 마라.

Don't let the evil mind grow.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 악하다 in Korean?

악하다 (evil, bad, wicked, vile) is 악해요 in the polite 해요체, 악합니다 in formal 합니다체, 악해 in casual 반말 and 악하다 in the plain written style. The past is 악했어요.

What is the past tense of 악하다?

악했어요 in everyday polite speech, 악했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 악하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 악하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 악하여 and 악하니 but unchanged in 악합니다.

What TOPIK level is 악하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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