참신하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be fresh, novel
Every form of 참신하다 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
- 참신한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 참신해
- -으니Since
- 참신하니
- 합니다Formal
- 참신합니다
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 | 참신해요 | 참신합니다 | 참신해 | 참신하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 참신했어요 | 참신했습니다 | 참신했어 | 참신했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 참신하겠어요 | 참신하겠습니다 | 참신하겠어 | 참신하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 참신할 거예요 | 참신할 것입니다 | 참신할 거야 | 참신할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 참신해요? | 참신합니까? | 참신해? | 참신하니? |
| 과거Past | 참신했어요? | 참신했습니까? | 참신했어? | 참신했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 참신해요 | 안 참신합니다 | 안 참신해 | 안 참신하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 참신하지 않아요 | 참신하지 않습니다 | 참신하지 않아 | 참신하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 참신하세요 | 참신하십니다 | 참신하셔 | 참신하시다 |
| 과거Past | 참신하셨어요 | 참신하셨습니다 | 참신하셨어 | 참신하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 참신한
- 과거Past
- 참신한
- 미래Future
- 참신할
- 회상Used to
- 참신하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 참신하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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