단아하다 Korean adjective conjugation
elegant, refined
Every form of 단아하다 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
- 단아한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 단아해
- -으니Since
- 단아하니
- 합니다Formal
- 단아합니다
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 | 단아해요 | 단아합니다 | 단아해 | 단아하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 단아했어요 | 단아했습니다 | 단아했어 | 단아했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 단아하겠어요 | 단아하겠습니다 | 단아하겠어 | 단아하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 단아할 거예요 | 단아할 것입니다 | 단아할 거야 | 단아할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 단아해요? | 단아합니까? | 단아해? | 단아하니? |
| 과거Past | 단아했어요? | 단아했습니까? | 단아했어? | 단아했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 단아해요 | 안 단아합니다 | 안 단아해 | 안 단아하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 단아하지 않아요 | 단아하지 않습니다 | 단아하지 않아 | 단아하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 단아하세요 | 단아하십니다 | 단아하셔 | 단아하시다 |
| 과거Past | 단아하셨어요 | 단아하셨습니다 | 단아하셨어 | 단아하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 단아한
- 과거Past
- 단아한
- 미래Future
- 단아할
- 회상Used to
- 단아하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 단아하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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