험악하다

dangerous, perilous

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
험악한
아/어Infinitive
험악해
-으니Since
험악하니
합니다Formal
험악합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험악해요험악합니다험악해험악하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험악했어요험악했습니다험악했어험악했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 험악하겠어요험악하겠습니다험악하겠어험악하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 험악할 거예요험악할 것입니다험악할 거야험악할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험악해요?험악합니까?험악해?험악하니?
과거Past 험악했어요?험악했습니까?험악했어?험악했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 험악해요안 험악합니다안 험악해안 험악하다
-지 않다Not (long) 험악하지 않아요험악하지 않습니다험악하지 않아험악하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험악하세요험악하십니다험악하셔험악하시다
과거Past 험악하셨어요험악하셨습니다험악하셨어험악하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
험악한
과거Past
험악한
미래Future
험악할
회상Used to
험악하던

Joining clauses

-고and
험악하고
-게-ly / so that
험악하게
-어서so / and then
험악해서
-으니까since
험악하니까
-으면if / when
험악하면
-지만but
험악하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
험악한데
-어도even if
험악해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우리가 보는 것은 실제로 꽤 험악합니다.

Well, what we see is actually pretty ugly.

이 험악하게 생긴 물고기는 브리슬마우스라고 부릅니다.

And this fierce-looking fish is called a bristlemouth.

어느 날 보초가 와서는 아주 험악하게 말했습니다. "오늘은 먹을 걸 달라고 무릎 꿇고 애원해야 할거야."

Once a guard came to me, very aggressively, and he told me, "Today you're going to kneel and beg for your food."

Common questions

How do you conjugate 험악하다 in Korean?

험악하다 (dangerous, perilous) is 험악해요 in the polite 해요체, 험악합니다 in formal 합니다체, 험악해 in casual 반말 and 험악하다 in the plain written style. The past is 험악했어요.

What is the past tense of 험악하다?

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

Is 험악하다 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 험악하여 and 험악하니 but unchanged in 험악합니다.

What TOPIK level is 험악하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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