은밀하다

to be secret, to be covert, to be clandestine

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
은밀한
아/어Infinitive
은밀해
-으니Since
은밀하니
합니다Formal
은밀합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 은밀해요은밀합니다은밀해은밀하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 은밀했어요은밀했습니다은밀했어은밀했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 은밀하겠어요은밀하겠습니다은밀하겠어은밀하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 은밀할 거예요은밀할 것입니다은밀할 거야은밀할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 은밀해요?은밀합니까?은밀해?은밀하니?
과거Past 은밀했어요?은밀했습니까?은밀했어?은밀했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 은밀해요안 은밀합니다안 은밀해안 은밀하다
-지 않다Not (long) 은밀하지 않아요은밀하지 않습니다은밀하지 않아은밀하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 은밀하세요은밀하십니다은밀하셔은밀하시다
과거Past 은밀하셨어요은밀하셨습니다은밀하셨어은밀하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
은밀한
과거Past
은밀한
미래Future
은밀할
회상Used to
은밀하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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