간소하다

to be simple, plain

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
간소한
아/어Infinitive
간소해
-으니Since
간소하니
합니다Formal
간소합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 간소해요간소합니다간소해간소하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 간소했어요간소했습니다간소했어간소했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 간소하겠어요간소하겠습니다간소하겠어간소하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 간소할 거예요간소할 것입니다간소할 거야간소할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 간소해요?간소합니까?간소해?간소하니?
과거Past 간소했어요?간소했습니까?간소했어?간소했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 간소해요안 간소합니다안 간소해안 간소하다
-지 않다Not (long) 간소하지 않아요간소하지 않습니다간소하지 않아간소하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 간소하세요간소하십니다간소하셔간소하시다
과거Past 간소하셨어요간소하셨습니다간소하셨어간소하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
간소한
과거Past
간소한
미래Future
간소할
회상Used to
간소하던

Joining clauses

-고and
간소하고
-게-ly / so that
간소하게
-어서so / and then
간소해서
-으니까since
간소하니까
-으면if / when
간소하면
-지만but
간소하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
간소한데
-어도even if
간소해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

간소한 집

a modest house

아주 간소하게, 눈에 띄지 마

Nice and simple. Go unnoticed.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 간소하다 in Korean?

간소하다 (to be simple, plain) is 간소해요 in the polite 해요체, 간소합니다 in formal 합니다체, 간소해 in casual 반말 and 간소하다 in the plain written style. The past is 간소했어요.

What is the past tense of 간소하다?

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

Is 간소하다 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 간소하여 and 간소하니 but unchanged in 간소합니다.

What TOPIK level is 간소하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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