비싸다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be expensive

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비싸다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
비싼
아/어Infinitive
비싸
-으니Since
비싸니
합니다Formal
비쌉니다

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 비싸요비쌉니다비싸비싸다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비쌌어요비쌌습니다비쌌어비쌌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비싸겠어요비싸겠습니다비싸겠어비싸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비쌀 거예요비쌀 것입니다비쌀 거야비쌀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비싸요?비쌉니까?비싸?비싸니?
과거Past 비쌌어요?비쌌습니까?비쌌어?비쌌니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비싸요안 비쌉니다안 비싸안 비싸다
-지 않다Not (long) 비싸지 않아요비싸지 않습니다비싸지 않아비싸지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비싸세요비싸십니다비싸셔비싸시다
과거Past 비싸셨어요비싸셨습니다비싸셨어비싸셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비싼
과거Past
비싼
미래Future
비쌀
회상Used to
비싸던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비싸고
-게-ly / so that
비싸게
-어서so / and then
비싸서
-으니까since
비싸니까
-으면if / when
비싸면
-지만but
비싸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비싼데
-어도even if
비싸도

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.

오래 걸리고, 비싸고, 어렵죠.

Long, costly and difficult.

그것은 그냥 별로 비싸지 않고, 실제로 출물점에서 구할 수 있는 것입니다.

It's just that; it's this very inexpensive thing, available practically at your hardware store, and it's very cheap.

저는 대학이 비싸서 지원했습니다.

I signed up because college was expensive.

인류에게도 너무나 비싼 값입니다.

It is too expensive for humanity.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비싸다 in Korean?

비싸다 (to be expensive) is 비싸요 in the polite 해요체, 비쌉니다 in formal 합니다체, 비싸 in casual 반말 and 비싸다 in the plain written style. The past is 비쌌어요.

What is the past tense of 비싸다?

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

Is 비싸다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 비쌉니다, 비싸, 비싸니 all keep 비싸 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비싸다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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