답답하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be stuffy, to be suffocating
Every form of 답답하다 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
- 답답한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 답답해
- -으니Since
- 답답하니
- 합니다Formal
- 답답합니다
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 | 답답해요 | 답답합니다 | 답답해 | 답답하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 답답했어요 | 답답했습니다 | 답답했어 | 답답했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 답답하겠어요 | 답답하겠습니다 | 답답하겠어 | 답답하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 답답할 거예요 | 답답할 것입니다 | 답답할 거야 | 답답할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답답해요? | 답답합니까? | 답답해? | 답답하니? |
| 과거Past | 답답했어요? | 답답했습니까? | 답답했어? | 답답했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 답답해요 | 안 답답합니다 | 안 답답해 | 안 답답하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 답답하지 않아요 | 답답하지 않습니다 | 답답하지 않아 | 답답하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 답답하세요 | 답답하십니다 | 답답하셔 | 답답하시다 |
| 과거Past | 답답하셨어요 | 답답하셨습니다 | 답답하셨어 | 답답하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 답답한
- 과거Past
- 답답한
- 미래Future
- 답답할
- 회상Used to
- 답답하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 답답하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 답답하게
- -어서so / and then
- 답답해서
- -으니까since
- 답답하니까
- -으면if / when
- 답답하면
- -지만but
- 답답하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 답답한데
- -어도even if
- 답답해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 답답하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
거기 여러분들이 앉아 있습니다. 엄청나게 답답하죠.
You're sitting there, and it's incredibly frustrating.
아직 약간 답답한데
Still a little stuffy.
답답했나요?
Frustrating?
왜 저렇게 천천히 가는지 알 수 없어 답답하죠.
It's frustrating because you can't really see why they're driving so slow.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 답답하다 in Korean?
답답하다 (to be stuffy, to be suffocating) is 답답해요 in the polite 해요체, 답답합니다 in formal 합니다체, 답답해 in casual 반말 and 답답하다 in the plain written style. The past is 답답했어요.
What is the past tense of 답답하다?
답답했어요 in everyday polite speech, 답답했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 답답하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 답답하다 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 답답하여 and 답답하니 but unchanged in 답답합니다.
What TOPIK level is 답답하다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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