비슷하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be similar

Every form of 비슷하다 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
비슷한
아/어Infinitive
비슷해
-으니Since
비슷하니
합니다Formal
비슷합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비슷해요비슷합니다비슷해비슷하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비슷했어요비슷했습니다비슷했어비슷했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비슷하겠어요비슷하겠습니다비슷하겠어비슷하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비슷할 거예요비슷할 것입니다비슷할 거야비슷할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비슷해요?비슷합니까?비슷해?비슷하니?
과거Past 비슷했어요?비슷했습니까?비슷했어?비슷했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비슷해요안 비슷합니다안 비슷해안 비슷하다
-지 않다Not (long) 비슷하지 않아요비슷하지 않습니다비슷하지 않아비슷하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비슷하세요비슷하십니다비슷하셔비슷하시다
과거Past 비슷하셨어요비슷하셨습니다비슷하셨어비슷하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비슷한
과거Past
비슷한
미래Future
비슷할
회상Used to
비슷하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비슷하고
-게-ly / so that
비슷하게
-어서so / and then
비슷해서
-으니까since
비슷하니까
-으면if / when
비슷하면
-지만but
비슷하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비슷한데
-어도even if
비슷해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

사람이 배우는 방법과 비슷하죠.

This is much like the way that humans learn.

우리가 봤던 어떤 것과도 비슷하지 않아요.

They're just unlike anything we've ever seen before.

좀 다르지만 비슷하지 뭐

Not quite. In some ways, yes.

너도 몸은 우리와 비슷하잖아

You don't look that different to us.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비슷하다 in Korean?

비슷하다 (to be similar) is 비슷해요 in the polite 해요체, 비슷합니다 in formal 합니다체, 비슷해 in casual 반말 and 비슷하다 in the plain written style. The past is 비슷했어요.

What is the past tense of 비슷하다?

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

Is 비슷하다 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 비슷하여 and 비슷하니 but unchanged in 비슷합니다.

What TOPIK level is 비슷하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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