근사하다 Korean adjective conjugation

similar, close

Every form of 근사하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
근사한
아/어Infinitive
근사해
-으니Since
근사하니
합니다Formal
근사합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 근사해요근사합니다근사해근사하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 근사했어요근사했습니다근사했어근사했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 근사하겠어요근사하겠습니다근사하겠어근사하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 근사할 거예요근사할 것입니다근사할 거야근사할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 근사해요?근사합니까?근사해?근사하니?
과거Past 근사했어요?근사했습니까?근사했어?근사했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 근사해요안 근사합니다안 근사해안 근사하다
-지 않다Not (long) 근사하지 않아요근사하지 않습니다근사하지 않아근사하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 근사하세요근사하십니다근사하셔근사하시다
과거Past 근사하셨어요근사하셨습니다근사하셨어근사하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
근사한
과거Past
근사한
미래Future
근사할
회상Used to
근사하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
근사하고
-게-ly / so that
근사하게
-어서so / and then
근사해서
-으니까since
근사하니까
-으면if / when
근사하면
-지만but
근사하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
근사한데
-어도even if
근사해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

자세히 봐, 난 멋진 여자야 가슴도 근사하지

Take a good look at me. I'm a good-lookin' woman.

그는 그의 방을 근사하게 꾸몄다.

He fabulously decorated his room.

당신 너무 근사해

You're so nice. So beautiful.

아니, 아주 근사해

No, actually, it's pretty awesome. Huh?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 근사하다 in Korean?

근사하다 (similar, close) is 근사해요 in the polite 해요체, 근사합니다 in formal 합니다체, 근사해 in casual 반말 and 근사하다 in the plain written style. The past is 근사했어요.

What is the past tense of 근사하다?

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

Is 근사하다 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 근사하여 and 근사하니 but unchanged in 근사합니다.

What TOPIK level is 근사하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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