길쭉하다 Korean adjective conjugation
longish
Every form of 길쭉하다 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
- 길쭉한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 길쭉해
- -으니Since
- 길쭉하니
- 합니다Formal
- 길쭉합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 길쭉해요 | 길쭉합니다 | 길쭉해 | 길쭉하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 길쭉했어요 | 길쭉했습니다 | 길쭉했어 | 길쭉했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 길쭉하겠어요 | 길쭉하겠습니다 | 길쭉하겠어 | 길쭉하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 길쭉할 거예요 | 길쭉할 것입니다 | 길쭉할 거야 | 길쭉할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 길쭉해요? | 길쭉합니까? | 길쭉해? | 길쭉하니? |
| 과거Past | 길쭉했어요? | 길쭉했습니까? | 길쭉했어? | 길쭉했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 길쭉해요 | 안 길쭉합니다 | 안 길쭉해 | 안 길쭉하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 길쭉하지 않아요 | 길쭉하지 않습니다 | 길쭉하지 않아 | 길쭉하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 길쭉하세요 | 길쭉하십니다 | 길쭉하셔 | 길쭉하시다 |
| 과거Past | 길쭉하셨어요 | 길쭉하셨습니다 | 길쭉하셨어 | 길쭉하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 길쭉한
- 과거Past
- 길쭉한
- 미래Future
- 길쭉할
- 회상Used to
- 길쭉하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 길쭉하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 길쭉하게
- -어서so / and then
- 길쭉해서
- -으니까since
- 길쭉하니까
- -으면if / when
- 길쭉하면
- -지만but
- 길쭉하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 길쭉한데
- -어도even if
- 길쭉해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 길쭉하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
수년 간 사용된 가장 일반적인 형태는 길쭉한 가로 막대 모양입니다.
The classic one that's been used for years is a horizontal bar.
열 개의 등판 중 아홉 개는 넓직하고 하나는 길쭉하다.
There are ten tergites, of which nine are wide and one is elongated.
그 후로, 럭비공은 점점 지금과 같이 점점 더 길쭉해져 왔다.
Meanwhile, Burke was wrestling less and less.
희미해지다가 밝아지고, 다시 희미해지기를 반복하죠. 햇빛이 길쭉한 물체의 네 면에서 반사되는 것처럼요.
It started faint and then it got brighter, fainter, brighter, and fainter again, as sunlight is reflected off of four sides of an oblong object.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 길쭉하다 in Korean?
길쭉하다 (longish) is 길쭉해요 in the polite 해요체, 길쭉합니다 in formal 합니다체, 길쭉해 in casual 반말 and 길쭉하다 in the plain written style. The past is 길쭉했어요.
What is the past tense of 길쭉하다?
길쭉했어요 in everyday polite speech, 길쭉했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 길쭉하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 길쭉하다 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 길쭉하여 and 길쭉하니 but unchanged in 길쭉합니다.
What TOPIK level is 길쭉하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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