달콤하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be sweet

Every form of 달콤하다 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
달콤한
아/어Infinitive
달콤해
-으니Since
달콤하니
합니다Formal
달콤합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달콤해요달콤합니다달콤해달콤하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달콤했어요달콤했습니다달콤했어달콤했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 달콤하겠어요달콤하겠습니다달콤하겠어달콤하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 달콤할 거예요달콤할 것입니다달콤할 거야달콤할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달콤해요?달콤합니까?달콤해?달콤하니?
과거Past 달콤했어요?달콤했습니까?달콤했어?달콤했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 달콤해요안 달콤합니다안 달콤해안 달콤하다
-지 않다Not (long) 달콤하지 않아요달콤하지 않습니다달콤하지 않아달콤하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달콤하세요달콤하십니다달콤하셔달콤하시다
과거Past 달콤하셨어요달콤하셨습니다달콤하셨어달콤하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
달콤한
과거Past
달콤한
미래Future
달콤할
회상Used to
달콤하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
달콤하고
-게-ly / so that
달콤하게
-어서so / and then
달콤해서
-으니까since
달콤하니까
-으면if / when
달콤하면
-지만but
달콤하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
달콤한데
-어도even if
달콤해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

너무 달콤해요 당신처럼 말이에요

It's too sweet, like you, darling.

참 달콤하네요

Oh, that's sweet.

정말 달콤하군

How sweet.

이게 달콤해요?

That sweet?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 달콤하다 in Korean?

달콤하다 (to be sweet) is 달콤해요 in the polite 해요체, 달콤합니다 in formal 합니다체, 달콤해 in casual 반말 and 달콤하다 in the plain written style. The past is 달콤했어요.

What is the past tense of 달콤하다?

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

Is 달콤하다 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 달콤하여 and 달콤하니 but unchanged in 달콤합니다.

What TOPIK level is 달콤하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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