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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단호해요단호합니다단호해단호하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단호했어요단호했습니다단호했어단호했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 단호하겠어요단호하겠습니다단호하겠어단호하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 단호할 거예요단호할 것입니다단호할 거야단호할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단호해요?단호합니까?단호해?단호하니?
과거Past 단호했어요?단호했습니까?단호했어?단호했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 단호해요안 단호합니다안 단호해안 단호하다
-지 않다Not (long) 단호하지 않아요단호하지 않습니다단호하지 않아단호하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단호하세요단호하십니다단호하셔단호하시다
과거Past 단호하셨어요단호하셨습니다단호하셨어단호하셨다

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.

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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