엄숙하다 Korean adjective conjugation
solemn, grave
Every form of 엄숙하다 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
- 엄숙한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 엄숙해
- -으니Since
- 엄숙하니
- 합니다Formal
- 엄숙합니다
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 | 엄숙해요 | 엄숙합니다 | 엄숙해 | 엄숙하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 엄숙했어요 | 엄숙했습니다 | 엄숙했어 | 엄숙했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 엄숙하겠어요 | 엄숙하겠습니다 | 엄숙하겠어 | 엄숙하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 엄숙할 거예요 | 엄숙할 것입니다 | 엄숙할 거야 | 엄숙할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엄숙해요? | 엄숙합니까? | 엄숙해? | 엄숙하니? |
| 과거Past | 엄숙했어요? | 엄숙했습니까? | 엄숙했어? | 엄숙했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 엄숙해요 | 안 엄숙합니다 | 안 엄숙해 | 안 엄숙하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 엄숙하지 않아요 | 엄숙하지 않습니다 | 엄숙하지 않아 | 엄숙하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엄숙하세요 | 엄숙하십니다 | 엄숙하셔 | 엄숙하시다 |
| 과거Past | 엄숙하셨어요 | 엄숙하셨습니다 | 엄숙하셨어 | 엄숙하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 엄숙한
- 과거Past
- 엄숙한
- 미래Future
- 엄숙할
- 회상Used to
- 엄숙하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 엄숙하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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