담담하다 Korean adjective conjugation
calm
Every form of 담담하다 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
- 담담한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 담담해
- -으니Since
- 담담하니
- 합니다Formal
- 담담합니다
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 | 담담해요 | 담담합니다 | 담담해 | 담담하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 담담했어요 | 담담했습니다 | 담담했어 | 담담했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 담담하겠어요 | 담담하겠습니다 | 담담하겠어 | 담담하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 담담할 거예요 | 담담할 것입니다 | 담담할 거야 | 담담할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 담담해요? | 담담합니까? | 담담해? | 담담하니? |
| 과거Past | 담담했어요? | 담담했습니까? | 담담했어? | 담담했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 담담해요 | 안 담담합니다 | 안 담담해 | 안 담담하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 담담하지 않아요 | 담담하지 않습니다 | 담담하지 않아 | 담담하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 담담하세요 | 담담하십니다 | 담담하셔 | 담담하시다 |
| 과거Past | 담담하셨어요 | 담담하셨습니다 | 담담하셨어 | 담담하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 담담한
- 과거Past
- 담담한
- 미래Future
- 담담할
- 회상Used to
- 담담하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 담담하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 담담하게
- -어서so / and then
- 담담해서
- -으니까since
- 담담하니까
- -으면if / when
- 담담하면
- -지만but
- 담담하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 담담한데
- -어도even if
- 담담해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 담담하다
- 1이 2에 담담하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
Na'Vi는 담담하고 침착해 보이네요
Na'Vi, they look cool calm and collected.
아니면 담담한가요?
Are we keeping calm?
소설의 담담한 문체는 초자연적 현상의 괴이함과 소련의 부조리한 일상을 함께 엮어냅니다.
And the matter-of-fact narration deliberately blends the strangeness of the supernatural events with the everyday absurdity of Soviet life.
재학시절에 특정한 보이프렌드를 가지는 경우는 극히 소수이고 대개는 담담하게 공부에 열중하는 율이 많다.
Students who have a specific boyfriend while at university are in the extreme minority; in general, a large percentage of students simply calmly concentrate on studying.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 담담하다 in Korean?
담담하다 (calm) is 담담해요 in the polite 해요체, 담담합니다 in formal 합니다체, 담담해 in casual 반말 and 담담하다 in the plain written style. The past is 담담했어요.
What is the past tense of 담담하다?
담담했어요 in everyday polite speech, 담담했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 담담하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 담담하다 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 담담하여 and 담담하니 but unchanged in 담담합니다.
What TOPIK level is 담담하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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