착잡하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be complicated

Every form of 착잡하다 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
착잡한
아/어Infinitive
착잡해
-으니Since
착잡하니
합니다Formal
착잡합니다

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 착잡해요착잡합니다착잡해착잡하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 착잡했어요착잡했습니다착잡했어착잡했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 착잡하겠어요착잡하겠습니다착잡하겠어착잡하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 착잡할 거예요착잡할 것입니다착잡할 거야착잡할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 착잡해요?착잡합니까?착잡해?착잡하니?
과거Past 착잡했어요?착잡했습니까?착잡했어?착잡했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 착잡해요안 착잡합니다안 착잡해안 착잡하다
-지 않다Not (long) 착잡하지 않아요착잡하지 않습니다착잡하지 않아착잡하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 착잡하세요착잡하십니다착잡하셔착잡하시다
과거Past 착잡하셨어요착잡하셨습니다착잡하셨어착잡하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
착잡한
과거Past
착잡한
미래Future
착잡할
회상Used to
착잡하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
착잡하고
-게-ly / so that
착잡하게
-어서so / and then
착잡해서
-으니까since
착잡하니까
-으면if / when
착잡하면
-지만but
착잡하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
착잡한데
-어도even if
착잡해도

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.

마음이 착잡했어

It was complicated.

대신에 그는 그가 어떻게 흑인을 구원하기 위해 노예 제도를 사용할지에 대해 매우 착잡한 이론을 제시합니다.

Instead he develops a highly intricate theory of how he's going to use slavery to save black people.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 착잡하다 in Korean?

착잡하다 (to be complicated) is 착잡해요 in the polite 해요체, 착잡합니다 in formal 합니다체, 착잡해 in casual 반말 and 착잡하다 in the plain written style. The past is 착잡했어요.

What is the past tense of 착잡하다?

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

Is 착잡하다 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 착잡하여 and 착잡하니 but unchanged in 착잡합니다.

What TOPIK level is 착잡하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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