친근하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be close, to be familiar
Every form of 친근하다 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
- 친근한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 친근해
- -으니Since
- 친근하니
- 합니다Formal
- 친근합니다
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 | 친근해요 | 친근합니다 | 친근해 | 친근하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 친근했어요 | 친근했습니다 | 친근했어 | 친근했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 친근하겠어요 | 친근하겠습니다 | 친근하겠어 | 친근하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 친근할 거예요 | 친근할 것입니다 | 친근할 거야 | 친근할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 친근해요? | 친근합니까? | 친근해? | 친근하니? |
| 과거Past | 친근했어요? | 친근했습니까? | 친근했어? | 친근했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 친근해요 | 안 친근합니다 | 안 친근해 | 안 친근하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 친근하지 않아요 | 친근하지 않습니다 | 친근하지 않아 | 친근하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 친근하세요 | 친근하십니다 | 친근하셔 | 친근하시다 |
| 과거Past | 친근하셨어요 | 친근하셨습니다 | 친근하셨어 | 친근하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 친근한
- 과거Past
- 친근한
- 미래Future
- 친근할
- 회상Used to
- 친근하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 친근하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 친근하게
- -어서so / and then
- 친근해서
- -으니까since
- 친근하니까
- -으면if / when
- 친근하면
- -지만but
- 친근하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 친근한데
- -어도even if
- 친근해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 (2와) 친근하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그렇게 친근해 보이지는 않네요.
It doesn't get that intimate.
어떤 로봇들은 상당히 친근해보여서 올라 타고, 껴안아 줄 수 있을 것 같습니다.
Some of them look quite friendly, and you could go up and you could hug them.
그들은 가볍고 친근하게 다가오죠.
Their approach is casual and friendly.
친근하게 그들의 문화에 대해서 물어보았고 탑승교가 없다는 것을 깨달았습니다.
So friendly, and I ask about their culture and so forth, and I notice there wasn't a jet bridge.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 친근하다 in Korean?
친근하다 (to be close, to be familiar) is 친근해요 in the polite 해요체, 친근합니다 in formal 합니다체, 친근해 in casual 반말 and 친근하다 in the plain written style. The past is 친근했어요.
What is the past tense of 친근하다?
친근했어요 in everyday polite speech, 친근했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 친근하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 친근하다 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 친근하여 and 친근하니 but unchanged in 친근합니다.
What TOPIK level is 친근하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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