친하다

to be close, intimate

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
친한
아/어Infinitive
친해
-으니Since
친하니
합니다Formal
친합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 친해요친합니다친해친하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 친했어요친했습니다친했어친했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 친하겠어요친하겠습니다친하겠어친하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 친할 거예요친할 것입니다친할 거야친할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 친해요?친합니까?친해?친하니?
과거Past 친했어요?친했습니까?친했어?친했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 친해요안 친합니다안 친해안 친하다
-지 않다Not (long) 친하지 않아요친하지 않습니다친하지 않아친하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 친하세요친하십니다친하셔친하시다
과거Past 친하셨어요친하셨습니다친하셨어친하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
친한
과거Past
친한
미래Future
친할
회상Used to
친하던

Joining clauses

-고and
친하고
-게-ly / so that
친하게
-어서so / and then
친해서
-으니까since
친하니까
-으면if / when
친하면
-지만but
친하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
친한데
-어도even if
친해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

존은 나의 가장 친한 친구야.

John is my best friend.

여러분의 가장 친한 친구는 아나요?

Does your best friend know about this?

제 가장 친한 친구가 최근에 아이를 낳았어요.

My best friend recently had a baby.

셰이와 저는 어머니와 할머니 이야기로 친해졌고

Shea and I bonded over our mothers and grandmothers.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 친하다 in Korean?

친하다 (to be close, intimate) is 친해요 in the polite 해요체, 친합니다 in formal 합니다체, 친해 in casual 반말 and 친하다 in the plain written style. The past is 친했어요.

What is the past tense of 친하다?

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

Is 친하다 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 친하여 and 친하니 but unchanged in 친합니다.

What TOPIK level is 친하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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