친숙하다

to be familiar

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
친숙한
아/어Infinitive
친숙해
-으니Since
친숙하니
합니다Formal
친숙합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 친숙해요친숙합니다친숙해친숙하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 친숙했어요친숙했습니다친숙했어친숙했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 친숙하겠어요친숙하겠습니다친숙하겠어친숙하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 친숙할 거예요친숙할 것입니다친숙할 거야친숙할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 친숙해요?친숙합니까?친숙해?친숙하니?
과거Past 친숙했어요?친숙했습니까?친숙했어?친숙했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 친숙해요안 친숙합니다안 친숙해안 친숙하다
-지 않다Not (long) 친숙하지 않아요친숙하지 않습니다친숙하지 않아친숙하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 친숙하세요친숙하십니다친숙하셔친숙하시다
과거Past 친숙하셨어요친숙하셨습니다친숙하셨어친숙하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
친숙한
과거Past
친숙한
미래Future
친숙할
회상Used to
친숙하던

Joining clauses

-고and
친숙하고
-게-ly / so that
친숙하게
-어서so / and then
친숙해서
-으니까since
친숙하니까
-으면if / when
친숙하면
-지만but
친숙하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
친숙한데
-어도even if
친숙해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

갑자기 그들이 친숙해졌습니다.

So all of a sudden, they were homey.

친숙함은 두려움을 없애고 정복합니다.

Familiarity destroys and trumps fear. Try it.

이 친숙한 얼굴들은요?

How about these familiar faces?

친숙하게 들려요, 그렇죠?

Sound familiar right?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 친숙하다 in Korean?

친숙하다 (to be familiar) is 친숙해요 in the polite 해요체, 친숙합니다 in formal 합니다체, 친숙해 in casual 반말 and 친숙하다 in the plain written style. The past is 친숙했어요.

What is the past tense of 친숙하다?

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

Is 친숙하다 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 친숙하여 and 친숙하니 but unchanged in 친숙합니다.

What TOPIK level is 친숙하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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