건조하다

to be dry

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
건조한
아/어Infinitive
건조하
-으니Since
건조하니
합니다Formal
건조합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건조하요건조합니다건조하건조하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건조핬어요건조핬습니다건조핬어건조핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 건조하겠어요건조하겠습니다건조하겠어건조하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 건조할 거예요건조할 것입니다건조할 거야건조할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건조하요?건조합니까?건조하?건조하니?
과거Past 건조핬어요?건조핬습니까?건조핬어?건조핬니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 건조하요안 건조합니다안 건조하안 건조하다
-지 않다Not (long) 건조하지 않아요건조하지 않습니다건조하지 않아건조하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건조하세요건조하십니다건조하셔건조하시다
과거Past 건조하셨어요건조하셨습니다건조하셨어건조하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
건조한
과거Past
건조한
미래Future
건조할
회상Used to
건조하던

Joining clauses

-고and
건조하고
-게-ly / so that
건조하게
-어서so / and then
건조하서
-으니까since
건조하니까
-으면if / when
건조하면
-지만but
건조하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
건조한데
-어도even if
건조하도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

건조한 것을 싫어하거든요.

It doesn't like it dry.

그건 상당히 건조한 주제일 수도 있습니다.

It could be a very dry subject.

아주 건조한 기술적인 용어처럼 들리지 않나요?

It sounds like a really dry and technical thing, doesn't it?

눈이 건조해지는 것 이외에 다른 걸 느끼시나요?

And besides dry eyes, what do you feel?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 건조하다 in Korean?

건조하다 (to be dry) is 건조하요 in the polite 해요체, 건조합니다 in formal 합니다체, 건조하 in casual 반말 and 건조하다 in the plain written style. The past is 건조핬어요.

What is the past tense of 건조하다?

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

Is 건조하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 건조합니다, 건조하, 건조하니 all keep 건조하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 건조하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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