창백하다

to be pale

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
창백한
아/어Infinitive
창백해
-으니Since
창백하니
합니다Formal
창백합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 창백해요창백합니다창백해창백하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 창백했어요창백했습니다창백했어창백했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 창백하겠어요창백하겠습니다창백하겠어창백하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 창백할 거예요창백할 것입니다창백할 거야창백할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 창백해요?창백합니까?창백해?창백하니?
과거Past 창백했어요?창백했습니까?창백했어?창백했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 창백해요안 창백합니다안 창백해안 창백하다
-지 않다Not (long) 창백하지 않아요창백하지 않습니다창백하지 않아창백하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 창백하세요창백하십니다창백하셔창백하시다
과거Past 창백하셨어요창백하셨습니다창백하셨어창백하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
창백한
과거Past
창백한
미래Future
창백할
회상Used to
창백하던

Joining clauses

-고and
창백하고
-게-ly / so that
창백하게
-어서so / and then
창백해서
-으니까since
창백하니까
-으면if / when
창백하면
-지만but
창백하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
창백한데
-어도even if
창백해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

창백한 얼굴을 한채로요.

The blood drains from her face.

그의 얼굴이 창백해졌다.

His face turned white.

창백해 보이네. 너 아파?

You look pale. Are you ill?

자기야, 창백해졌어

My dear, you've gone quite pale.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 창백하다 in Korean?

창백하다 (to be pale) is 창백해요 in the polite 해요체, 창백합니다 in formal 합니다체, 창백해 in casual 반말 and 창백하다 in the plain written style. The past is 창백했어요.

What is the past tense of 창백하다?

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

Is 창백하다 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 창백하여 and 창백하니 but unchanged in 창백합니다.

What TOPIK level is 창백하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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