겸허하다

humble

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
겸허한
아/어Infinitive
겸허해
-으니Since
겸허하니
합니다Formal
겸허합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겸허해요겸허합니다겸허해겸허하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겸허했어요겸허했습니다겸허했어겸허했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 겸허하겠어요겸허하겠습니다겸허하겠어겸허하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 겸허할 거예요겸허할 것입니다겸허할 거야겸허할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겸허해요?겸허합니까?겸허해?겸허하니?
과거Past 겸허했어요?겸허했습니까?겸허했어?겸허했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 겸허해요안 겸허합니다안 겸허해안 겸허하다
-지 않다Not (long) 겸허하지 않아요겸허하지 않습니다겸허하지 않아겸허하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겸허하세요겸허하십니다겸허하셔겸허하시다
과거Past 겸허하셨어요겸허하셨습니다겸허하셨어겸허하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
겸허한
과거Past
겸허한
미래Future
겸허할
회상Used to
겸허하던

Joining clauses

-고and
겸허하고
-게-ly / so that
겸허하게
-어서so / and then
겸허해서
-으니까since
겸허하니까
-으면if / when
겸허하면
-지만but
겸허하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
겸허한데
-어도even if
겸허해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

창작의 자유는 역사의 상처 앞에서 겸허해야 할 것입니다.

Freedom of creation should be humble in the face of the scars of history.

소망은 겸허한 삶의 숨은 씨앗이며

Hope is the door that opens onto the future.

또다시 겸허한 마음을 되새기게 됩니다.

It brings back the sense of humility.

그저 두세요. 무릎 꿇고 겸허해지세요.

Fall to your knees. Be humbled.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겸허하다 in Korean?

겸허하다 (humble) is 겸허해요 in the polite 해요체, 겸허합니다 in formal 합니다체, 겸허해 in casual 반말 and 겸허하다 in the plain written style. The past is 겸허했어요.

What is the past tense of 겸허하다?

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

Is 겸허하다 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 겸허하여 and 겸허하니 but unchanged in 겸허합니다.

What TOPIK level is 겸허하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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