암담하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be gloomy
Every form of 암담하다 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
- 암담한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 암담해
- -으니Since
- 암담하니
- 합니다Formal
- 암담합니다
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 | 암담해요 | 암담합니다 | 암담해 | 암담하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 암담했어요 | 암담했습니다 | 암담했어 | 암담했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 암담하겠어요 | 암담하겠습니다 | 암담하겠어 | 암담하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 암담할 거예요 | 암담할 것입니다 | 암담할 거야 | 암담할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 암담해요? | 암담합니까? | 암담해? | 암담하니? |
| 과거Past | 암담했어요? | 암담했습니까? | 암담했어? | 암담했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 암담해요 | 안 암담합니다 | 안 암담해 | 안 암담하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 암담하지 않아요 | 암담하지 않습니다 | 암담하지 않아 | 암담하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 암담하세요 | 암담하십니다 | 암담하셔 | 암담하시다 |
| 과거Past | 암담하셨어요 | 암담하셨습니다 | 암담하셨어 | 암담하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 암담한
- 과거Past
- 암담한
- 미래Future
- 암담할
- 회상Used to
- 암담하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 암담하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이제 다음 질문입니다. 이 상황이 얼마나 암담한 걸까요?
Now the question then is: how gloomy is this?
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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