엄격하다

strict, severe

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엄격한
아/어Infinitive
엄격해
-으니Since
엄격하니
합니다Formal
엄격합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄격해요엄격합니다엄격해엄격하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄격했어요엄격했습니다엄격했어엄격했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엄격하겠어요엄격하겠습니다엄격하겠어엄격하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엄격할 거예요엄격할 것입니다엄격할 거야엄격할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄격해요?엄격합니까?엄격해?엄격하니?
과거Past 엄격했어요?엄격했습니까?엄격했어?엄격했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엄격해요안 엄격합니다안 엄격해안 엄격하다
-지 않다Not (long) 엄격하지 않아요엄격하지 않습니다엄격하지 않아엄격하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄격하세요엄격하십니다엄격하셔엄격하시다
과거Past 엄격하셨어요엄격하셨습니다엄격하셨어엄격하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엄격한
과거Past
엄격한
미래Future
엄격할
회상Used to
엄격하던

Joining clauses

-고and
엄격하고
-게-ly / so that
엄격하게
-어서so / and then
엄격해서
-으니까since
엄격하니까
-으면if / when
엄격하면
-지만but
엄격하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엄격한데
-어도even if
엄격해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 개인적으로 엄격하게 시간을 지키는 사람입니다.

I personally am a stickler for time.

톰이 엄격한 아빠라는 건 사실이야.

It's true Tom is a strict father.

다 그렇게 엄격하진 않아요.

Not all cultures are as rigid.

엄격한 가정교육을 받다

to be brought up in a strict family

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엄격하다 in Korean?

엄격하다 (strict, severe) is 엄격해요 in the polite 해요체, 엄격합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엄격해 in casual 반말 and 엄격하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엄격했어요.

What is the past tense of 엄격하다?

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

Is 엄격하다 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 엄격하여 and 엄격하니 but unchanged in 엄격합니다.

What TOPIK level is 엄격하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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