단정하다

to be neat and tidy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
단정한
아/어Infinitive
단정해
-으니Since
단정하니
합니다Formal
단정합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단정해요단정합니다단정해단정하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단정했어요단정했습니다단정했어단정했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 단정하겠어요단정하겠습니다단정하겠어단정하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 단정할 거예요단정할 것입니다단정할 거야단정할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단정해요?단정합니까?단정해?단정하니?
과거Past 단정했어요?단정했습니까?단정했어?단정했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 단정해요안 단정합니다안 단정해안 단정하다
-지 않다Not (long) 단정하지 않아요단정하지 않습니다단정하지 않아단정하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단정하세요단정하십니다단정하셔단정하시다
과거Past 단정하셨어요단정하셨습니다단정하셨어단정하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
단정한
과거Past
단정한
미래Future
단정할
회상Used to
단정하던

Joining clauses

-고and
단정하고
-게-ly / so that
단정하게
-어서so / and then
단정해서
-으니까since
단정하니까
-으면if / when
단정하면
-지만but
단정하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
단정한데
-어도even if
단정해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

단정한 척 하려고 생리 현상을 의식하지 않았죠.

I learned to stay unaware of periods in order to stay decent.

보다시피 단정하지가 못하잖아

Look at him. He's a mess.

착하고 단정하게 누워 있습니다.

She's just laid it down nice and tidy.

단정한 옷차림

a neat/tidy appearance

Common questions

How do you conjugate 단정하다 in Korean?

단정하다 (to be neat and tidy) is 단정해요 in the polite 해요체, 단정합니다 in formal 합니다체, 단정해 in casual 반말 and 단정하다 in the plain written style. The past is 단정했어요.

What is the past tense of 단정하다?

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

Is 단정하다 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 단정하여 and 단정하니 but unchanged in 단정합니다.

What TOPIK level is 단정하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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