같다

to be the same

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
같은
아/어Infinitive
같아
-으니Since
같으니
합니다Formal
같습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 같아요같습니다같아같다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 같았어요같았습니다같았어같았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 같겠어요같겠습니다같겠어같겠다
-을 것이다Going to 같을 거예요같을 것입니다같을 거야같을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 같아요?같습니까?같아?같으니?
과거Past 같았어요?같았습니까?같았어?같았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 같아요안 같습니다안 같아안 같다
-지 않다Not (long) 같지 않아요같지 않습니다같지 않아같지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 같으세요같으십니다같으셔같으시다
과거Past 같으셨어요같으셨습니다같으셨어같으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
같은
과거Past
같은
미래Future
같을
회상Used to
같던

Joining clauses

-고and
같고
-게-ly / so that
같게
-어서so / and then
같아서
-으니까since
같으니까
-으면if / when
같으면
-지만but
같지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
같은데
-어도even if
같아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

내가 할 거 같아?

Like hell I will.

나 같은 사람은 없어

There are no men like me.

이 것은 같을 것입니다

It's going to be equal to

할 수 있을 것 같아요?

Do you think we can do it?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 같다 in Korean?

같다 (to be the same) is 같아요 in the polite 해요체, 같습니다 in formal 합니다체, 같아 in casual 반말 and 같다 in the plain written style. The past is 같았어요.

What is the past tense of 같다?

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

Is 같다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 같습니다, 같아, 같으니 all keep 같 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 같다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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