암담하다

to be gloomy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
암담한
아/어Infinitive
암담해
-으니Since
암담하니
합니다Formal
암담합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 암담해요암담합니다암담해암담하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 암담했어요암담했습니다암담했어암담했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 암담하겠어요암담하겠습니다암담하겠어암담하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 암담할 거예요암담할 것입니다암담할 거야암담할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 암담해요?암담합니까?암담해?암담하니?
과거Past 암담했어요?암담했습니까?암담했어?암담했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 암담해요안 암담합니다안 암담해안 암담하다
-지 않다Not (long) 암담하지 않아요암담하지 않습니다암담하지 않아암담하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 암담하세요암담하십니다암담하셔암담하시다
과거Past 암담하셨어요암담하셨습니다암담하셨어암담하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
암담한
과거Past
암담한
미래Future
암담할
회상Used to
암담하던

Joining clauses

-고and
암담하고
-게-ly / so that
암담하게
-어서so / and then
암담해서
-으니까since
암담하니까
-으면if / when
암담하면
-지만but
암담하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
암담한데
-어도even if
암담해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이제 다음 질문입니다. 이 상황이 얼마나 암담한 걸까요?

Now the question then is: how gloomy is this?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 암담하다 in Korean?

암담하다 (to be gloomy) is 암담해요 in the polite 해요체, 암담합니다 in formal 합니다체, 암담해 in casual 반말 and 암담하다 in the plain written style. The past is 암담했어요.

What is the past tense of 암담하다?

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

Is 암담하다 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 암담하여 and 암담하니 but unchanged in 암담합니다.

What TOPIK level is 암담하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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