엄하다

strict, stern

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엄한
아/어Infinitive
엄해
-으니Since
엄하니
합니다Formal
엄합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄해요엄합니다엄해엄하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄했어요엄했습니다엄했어엄했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엄하겠어요엄하겠습니다엄하겠어엄하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엄할 거예요엄할 것입니다엄할 거야엄할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄해요?엄합니까?엄해?엄하니?
과거Past 엄했어요?엄했습니까?엄했어?엄했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엄해요안 엄합니다안 엄해안 엄하다
-지 않다Not (long) 엄하지 않아요엄하지 않습니다엄하지 않아엄하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄하세요엄하십니다엄하셔엄하시다
과거Past 엄하셨어요엄하셨습니다엄하셨어엄하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엄한
과거Past
엄한
미래Future
엄할
회상Used to
엄하던

Joining clauses

-고and
엄하고
-게-ly / so that
엄하게
-어서so / and then
엄해서
-으니까since
엄하니까
-으면if / when
엄하면
-지만but
엄하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엄한데
-어도even if
엄해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제 친구들이 엄한 부모여서가 아니에요.

Now, my friends were not bad parents.

너무 엄하게 하지 마세요

DON'T BE TOO HARD ON JANE.

당신은 애한테 너무 엄해요

You're too hard on him, Zanik.

나 완전 엄한 선생님이거든

I'm a very strict teacher.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엄하다 in Korean?

엄하다 (strict, stern) is 엄해요 in the polite 해요체, 엄합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엄해 in casual 반말 and 엄하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엄했어요.

What is the past tense of 엄하다?

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

Is 엄하다 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 엄하여 and 엄하니 but unchanged in 엄합니다.

What TOPIK level is 엄하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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