은밀하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be secret, to be covert, to be clandestine
Every form of 은밀하다 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
- 은밀한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 은밀해
- -으니Since
- 은밀하니
- 합니다Formal
- 은밀합니다
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 | 은밀해요 | 은밀합니다 | 은밀해 | 은밀하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 은밀했어요 | 은밀했습니다 | 은밀했어 | 은밀했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 은밀하겠어요 | 은밀하겠습니다 | 은밀하겠어 | 은밀하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 은밀할 거예요 | 은밀할 것입니다 | 은밀할 거야 | 은밀할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 은밀해요? | 은밀합니까? | 은밀해? | 은밀하니? |
| 과거Past | 은밀했어요? | 은밀했습니까? | 은밀했어? | 은밀했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 은밀해요 | 안 은밀합니다 | 안 은밀해 | 안 은밀하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 은밀하지 않아요 | 은밀하지 않습니다 | 은밀하지 않아 | 은밀하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 은밀하세요 | 은밀하십니다 | 은밀하셔 | 은밀하시다 |
| 과거Past | 은밀하셨어요 | 은밀하셨습니다 | 은밀하셨어 | 은밀하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 은밀한
- 과거Past
- 은밀한
- 미래Future
- 은밀할
- 회상Used to
- 은밀하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 은밀하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 은밀하게
- -어서so / and then
- 은밀해서
- -으니까since
- 은밀하니까
- -으면if / when
- 은밀하면
- -지만but
- 은밀하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 은밀한데
- -어도even if
- 은밀해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 은밀하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
카보베르데 섬의 PAIGC 당원들은 은밀한 방식으로 일했다.
On the Cape Verde islands PAIGC worked in a clandestine manner.
그리 은밀한 기술도 아니지요.
So it's not a surreptitious technology.
행위추적업계의 은밀한 행동에 대해 말씀드리죠.
So let me expose this lurking industry a little bit further.
물론 제 짝과 은밀한 내용을 나누는 건 괜찮죠.
And of course, we're OK sharing our intimate details with our other half.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 은밀하다 in Korean?
은밀하다 (to be secret, to be covert, to be clandestine) is 은밀해요 in the polite 해요체, 은밀합니다 in formal 합니다체, 은밀해 in casual 반말 and 은밀하다 in the plain written style. The past is 은밀했어요.
What is the past tense of 은밀하다?
은밀했어요 in everyday polite speech, 은밀했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 은밀하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 은밀하다 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 은밀하여 and 은밀하니 but unchanged in 은밀합니다.
What TOPIK level is 은밀하다?
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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