달다

to be sweet

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
단
아/어Infinitive
달아
-으니Since
다니
합니다Formal
답니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달아요답니다달아달다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달았어요달았습니다달았어달았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 달겠어요달겠습니다달겠어달겠다
-을 것이다Going to 달 거예요달 것입니다달 거야달 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달아요?답니까?달아?다니?
과거Past 달았어요?달았습니까?달았어?달았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 달아요안 답니다안 달아안 달다
-지 않다Not (long) 달지 않아요달지 않습니다달지 않아달지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 다세요다십니다다셔다시다
과거Past 다셨어요다셨습니다다셨어다셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
단
과거Past
단
미래Future
달
회상Used to
달던

Joining clauses

-고and
달고
-게-ly / so that
달게
-어서so / and then
달아서
-으니까since
다니까
-으면if / when
달면
-지만but
달지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
단데
-어도even if
달아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

내 차는 너무 달다.

My tea is too sweet.

우리 누나는 단 것을 좋아한다.

My sister has a sweet tooth.

이것은 정말 달다.

This is very sweet.

그러면 우리 뇌는 무엇이 달고 쓴지 알게 됩니다.

This allows our brain to know what's sweet and what's bitter.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 달다 in Korean?

달다 (to be sweet) is 달아요 in the polite 해요체, 답니다 in formal 합니다체, 달아 in casual 반말 and 달다 in the plain written style. The past is 달았어요.

What is the past tense of 달다?

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

Is 달다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 달아 and 다니 but unchanged in 답니다.

What TOPIK level is 달다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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