험하다 Korean adjective conjugation
rugged, rough
Every form of 험하다 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
- 험한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 험해
- -으니Since
- 험하니
- 합니다Formal
- 험합니다
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 | 험해요 | 험합니다 | 험해 | 험하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 험했어요 | 험했습니다 | 험했어 | 험했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 험하겠어요 | 험하겠습니다 | 험하겠어 | 험하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 험할 거예요 | 험할 것입니다 | 험할 거야 | 험할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 험해요? | 험합니까? | 험해? | 험하니? |
| 과거Past | 험했어요? | 험했습니까? | 험했어? | 험했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 험해요 | 안 험합니다 | 안 험해 | 안 험하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 험하지 않아요 | 험하지 않습니다 | 험하지 않아 | 험하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 험하세요 | 험하십니다 | 험하셔 | 험하시다 |
| 과거Past | 험하셨어요 | 험하셨습니다 | 험하셨어 | 험하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 험한
- 과거Past
- 험한
- 미래Future
- 험할
- 회상Used to
- 험하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 험하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 험하게
- -어서so / and then
- 험해서
- -으니까since
- 험하니까
- -으면if / when
- 험하면
- -지만but
- 험하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 험한데
- -어도even if
- 험해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 험하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
배움의 길은 멀고도 험하다.
The road to learning is long and arduous.
사랑이여 오라. 길은 낮고 길고 험하구나.
Come love come, the road lies low, the way is long and hard, I know.
저희 모두는 교사이고 배움이 험한 과정이라는 것을 알고 있죠.
We're all teachers. We know learning is ugly.
제니: 물론 아직도 평등으로 가는 험한 길에서 일어나는 비극들이 있습니다.
Yes, there are still tragedies that happen on the bumpy road to equality.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 험하다 in Korean?
험하다 (rugged, rough) is 험해요 in the polite 해요체, 험합니다 in formal 합니다체, 험해 in casual 반말 and 험하다 in the plain written style. The past is 험했어요.
What is the past tense of 험하다?
험했어요 in everyday polite speech, 험했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 험하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 험하다 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 험하여 and 험하니 but unchanged in 험합니다.
What TOPIK level is 험하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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