험하다

rugged, rough

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
험한
아/어Infinitive
험해
-으니Since
험하니
합니다Formal
험합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험해요험합니다험해험하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험했어요험했습니다험했어험했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 험하겠어요험하겠습니다험하겠어험하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 험할 거예요험할 것입니다험할 거야험할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험해요?험합니까?험해?험하니?
과거Past 험했어요?험했습니까?험했어?험했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 험해요안 험합니다안 험해안 험하다
-지 않다Not (long) 험하지 않아요험하지 않습니다험하지 않아험하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험하세요험하십니다험하셔험하시다
과거Past 험하셨어요험하셨습니다험하셨어험하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
험한
과거Past
험한
미래Future
험할
회상Used to
험하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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