악하다 Korean adjective conjugation
evil, bad, wicked, vile
Every form of 악하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 악한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 악해
- -으니Since
- 악하니
- 합니다Formal
- 악합니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 악해요 | 악합니다 | 악해 | 악하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 악했어요 | 악했습니다 | 악했어 | 악했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 악하겠어요 | 악하겠습니다 | 악하겠어 | 악하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 악할 거예요 | 악할 것입니다 | 악할 거야 | 악할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 악해요? | 악합니까? | 악해? | 악하니? |
| 과거Past | 악했어요? | 악했습니까? | 악했어? | 악했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 악해요 | 안 악합니다 | 안 악해 | 안 악하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 악하지 않아요 | 악하지 않습니다 | 악하지 않아 | 악하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 악하세요 | 악하십니다 | 악하셔 | 악하시다 |
| 과거Past | 악하셨어요 | 악하셨습니다 | 악하셨어 | 악하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 악한
- 과거Past
- 악한
- 미래Future
- 악할
- 회상Used to
- 악하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 악하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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