단호하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be decided, determined, resolute, resolved
Every form of 단호하다 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
- 단호한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 단호해
- -으니Since
- 단호하니
- 합니다Formal
- 단호합니다
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 | 단호해요 | 단호합니다 | 단호해 | 단호하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 단호했어요 | 단호했습니다 | 단호했어 | 단호했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 단호하겠어요 | 단호하겠습니다 | 단호하겠어 | 단호하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 단호할 거예요 | 단호할 것입니다 | 단호할 거야 | 단호할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 단호해요? | 단호합니까? | 단호해? | 단호하니? |
| 과거Past | 단호했어요? | 단호했습니까? | 단호했어? | 단호했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 단호해요 | 안 단호합니다 | 안 단호해 | 안 단호하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 단호하지 않아요 | 단호하지 않습니다 | 단호하지 않아 | 단호하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 단호하세요 | 단호하십니다 | 단호하셔 | 단호하시다 |
| 과거Past | 단호하셨어요 | 단호하셨습니다 | 단호하셨어 | 단호하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 단호한
- 과거Past
- 단호한
- 미래Future
- 단호할
- 회상Used to
- 단호하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 단호하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 단호하게
- -어서so / and then
- 단호해서
- -으니까since
- 단호하니까
- -으면if / when
- 단호하면
- -지만but
- 단호하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 단호한데
- -어도even if
- 단호해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 단호하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
학교 측은 대회에 못 나간다고 아주 단호하게 입장을 밝혔습니다
The school is very determined to stop him from pursuing his chance of going for this contest.
파리는 네가 내게 말했던 그대로야 그리고 난 단호해
And I am bound and determined to conquer it.
피할 수 없진 않지만, 우린 단호하게 행동해야 해요.
It's not inevitable, but we need to act decisively.
그들은 단호했어요.
They were firm.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 단호하다 in Korean?
단호하다 (to be decided, determined, resolute, resolved) is 단호해요 in the polite 해요체, 단호합니다 in formal 합니다체, 단호해 in casual 반말 and 단호하다 in the plain written style. The past is 단호했어요.
What is the past tense of 단호하다?
단호했어요 in everyday polite speech, 단호했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 단호하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 단호하다 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 단호하여 and 단호하니 but unchanged in 단호합니다.
What TOPIK level is 단호하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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