단아하다

elegant, refined

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
단아한
아/어Infinitive
단아해
-으니Since
단아하니
합니다Formal
단아합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단아해요단아합니다단아해단아하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단아했어요단아했습니다단아했어단아했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 단아하겠어요단아하겠습니다단아하겠어단아하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 단아할 거예요단아할 것입니다단아할 거야단아할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단아해요?단아합니까?단아해?단아하니?
과거Past 단아했어요?단아했습니까?단아했어?단아했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 단아해요안 단아합니다안 단아해안 단아하다
-지 않다Not (long) 단아하지 않아요단아하지 않습니다단아하지 않아단아하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단아하세요단아하십니다단아하셔단아하시다
과거Past 단아하셨어요단아하셨습니다단아하셨어단아하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
단아한
과거Past
단아한
미래Future
단아할
회상Used to
단아하던

Joining clauses

-고and
단아하고
-게-ly / so that
단아하게
-어서so / and then
단아해서
-으니까since
단아하니까
-으면if / when
단아하면
-지만but
단아하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
단아한데
-어도even if
단아해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

생각보다 단아하네

Turns out, it is quite elegant.

집도 역시 단아하고 반듯해 보이는군요

I can feel a sense of grace and honesty from this house.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 단아하다 in Korean?

단아하다 (elegant, refined) is 단아해요 in the polite 해요체, 단아합니다 in formal 합니다체, 단아해 in casual 반말 and 단아하다 in the plain written style. The past is 단아했어요.

What is the past tense of 단아하다?

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

Is 단아하다 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 단아하여 and 단아하니 but unchanged in 단아합니다.

What TOPIK level is 단아하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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