참신하다

to be fresh, novel

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
참신한
아/어Infinitive
참신해
-으니Since
참신하니
합니다Formal
참신합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참신해요참신합니다참신해참신하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참신했어요참신했습니다참신했어참신했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 참신하겠어요참신하겠습니다참신하겠어참신하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 참신할 거예요참신할 것입니다참신할 거야참신할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참신해요?참신합니까?참신해?참신하니?
과거Past 참신했어요?참신했습니까?참신했어?참신했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 참신해요안 참신합니다안 참신해안 참신하다
-지 않다Not (long) 참신하지 않아요참신하지 않습니다참신하지 않아참신하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참신하세요참신하십니다참신하셔참신하시다
과거Past 참신하셨어요참신하셨습니다참신하셨어참신하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
참신한
과거Past
참신한
미래Future
참신할
회상Used to
참신하던

Joining clauses

-고and
참신하고
-게-ly / so that
참신하게
-어서so / and then
참신해서
-으니까since
참신하니까
-으면if / when
참신하면
-지만but
참신하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
참신한데
-어도even if
참신해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저희 이론은 참신한 파동을 예측만 하진 않습니다.

Not only our theory predicts these waves of novelties.

발상이 참신하다.

The idea is novel.

이제, 왜 이 이야기와 접근이 참신한 걸까요?

Now, why is that story and that approach so novel?

여성의 성적인 재발견이라 참신했어

I found it refreshing to read about a woman reclaiming her sexuality.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 참신하다 in Korean?

참신하다 (to be fresh, novel) is 참신해요 in the polite 해요체, 참신합니다 in formal 합니다체, 참신해 in casual 반말 and 참신하다 in the plain written style. The past is 참신했어요.

What is the past tense of 참신하다?

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

Is 참신하다 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 참신하여 and 참신하니 but unchanged in 참신합니다.

What TOPIK level is 참신하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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