검다

to be black

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
검은
아/어Infinitive
검어
-으니Since
검으니
합니다Formal
검습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 검어요검습니다검어검다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 검었어요검었습니다검었어검었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 검겠어요검겠습니다검겠어검겠다
-을 것이다Going to 검을 거예요검을 것입니다검을 거야검을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 검어요?검습니까?검어?검으니?
과거Past 검었어요?검었습니까?검었어?검었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 검어요안 검습니다안 검어안 검다
-지 않다Not (long) 검지 않아요검지 않습니다검지 않아검지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 검으세요검으십니다검으셔검으시다
과거Past 검으셨어요검으셨습니다검으셨어검으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
검은
과거Past
검은
미래Future
검을
회상Used to
검던

Joining clauses

-고and
검고
-게-ly / so that
검게
-어서so / and then
검어서
-으니까since
검으니까
-으면if / when
검으면
-지만but
검지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
검은데
-어도even if
검어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아주 작은 검은 산이 보이십니까?

Can you see there's a black, tiny mountain?

너무 검고 너무 흰 것이 모두 한번에 있어.

Too black and too white all at once.

검은 다리는 길고 강하다.

The black legs are long and strong.

피부는 검게 변하고 있을까?

Has her skin turned black?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 검다 in Korean?

검다 (to be black) is 검어요 in the polite 해요체, 검습니다 in formal 합니다체, 검어 in casual 반말 and 검다 in the plain written style. The past is 검었어요.

What is the past tense of 검다?

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

Is 검다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 검습니다, 검어, 검으니 all keep 검 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 검다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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