은근하다

polite, civil

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
은근한
아/어Infinitive
은근해
-으니Since
은근하니
합니다Formal
은근합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 은근해요은근합니다은근해은근하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 은근했어요은근했습니다은근했어은근했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 은근하겠어요은근하겠습니다은근하겠어은근하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 은근할 거예요은근할 것입니다은근할 거야은근할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 은근해요?은근합니까?은근해?은근하니?
과거Past 은근했어요?은근했습니까?은근했어?은근했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 은근해요안 은근합니다안 은근해안 은근하다
-지 않다Not (long) 은근하지 않아요은근하지 않습니다은근하지 않아은근하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 은근하세요은근하십니다은근하셔은근하시다
과거Past 은근하셨어요은근하셨습니다은근하셨어은근하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
은근한
과거Past
은근한
미래Future
은근할
회상Used to
은근하던

Joining clauses

-고and
은근하고
-게-ly / so that
은근하게
-어서so / and then
은근해서
-으니까since
은근하니까
-으면if / when
은근하면
-지만but
은근하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
은근한데
-어도even if
은근해도

Sentence patterns

Common questions

How do you conjugate 은근하다 in Korean?

은근하다 (polite, civil) is 은근해요 in the polite 해요체, 은근합니다 in formal 합니다체, 은근해 in casual 반말 and 은근하다 in the plain written style. The past is 은근했어요.

What is the past tense of 은근하다?

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

Is 은근하다 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 은근하여 and 은근하니 but unchanged in 은근합니다.

What TOPIK level is 은근하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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