엄숙하다

solemn, grave

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엄숙한
아/어Infinitive
엄숙해
-으니Since
엄숙하니
합니다Formal
엄숙합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄숙해요엄숙합니다엄숙해엄숙하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엄숙했어요엄숙했습니다엄숙했어엄숙했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엄숙하겠어요엄숙하겠습니다엄숙하겠어엄숙하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엄숙할 거예요엄숙할 것입니다엄숙할 거야엄숙할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄숙해요?엄숙합니까?엄숙해?엄숙하니?
과거Past 엄숙했어요?엄숙했습니까?엄숙했어?엄숙했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엄숙해요안 엄숙합니다안 엄숙해안 엄숙하다
-지 않다Not (long) 엄숙하지 않아요엄숙하지 않습니다엄숙하지 않아엄숙하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엄숙하세요엄숙하십니다엄숙하셔엄숙하시다
과거Past 엄숙하셨어요엄숙하셨습니다엄숙하셨어엄숙하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엄숙한
과거Past
엄숙한
미래Future
엄숙할
회상Used to
엄숙하던

Joining clauses

-고and
엄숙하고
-게-ly / so that
엄숙하게
-어서so / and then
엄숙해서
-으니까since
엄숙하니까
-으면if / when
엄숙하면
-지만but
엄숙하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엄숙한데
-어도even if
엄숙해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

엄숙함은 쉽습니다.

Being solemn is easy.

처형일은 너무나 자주 엄숙한 의식이라기보다 축제같았습니다.

All too often, execution day was more like a carnival than a solemn ceremony.

사실상 저는 전시회를 위한 기대를 채우는 엄숙한 풍경에 있었습니다. 그것은 제가 이 그림들을 시작한 지점이 아니었죠.

I was actually in this solemn landscape of fulfilling an expectation for a show, which is not where I started with these things.

네가 여긴 웬일이니? 오공아 교화는 매우 엄숙한 일이란다

Wukong, enlightenment is a serious matter, stop fooling around.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엄숙하다 in Korean?

엄숙하다 (solemn, grave) is 엄숙해요 in the polite 해요체, 엄숙합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엄숙해 in casual 반말 and 엄숙하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엄숙했어요.

What is the past tense of 엄숙하다?

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

Is 엄숙하다 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 엄숙하여 and 엄숙하니 but unchanged in 엄숙합니다.

What TOPIK level is 엄숙하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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