허름하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be shabby
Every form of 허름하다 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
- 허름한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 허름해
- -으니Since
- 허름하니
- 합니다Formal
- 허름합니다
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 | 허름해요 | 허름합니다 | 허름해 | 허름하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 허름했어요 | 허름했습니다 | 허름했어 | 허름했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 허름하겠어요 | 허름하겠습니다 | 허름하겠어 | 허름하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 허름할 거예요 | 허름할 것입니다 | 허름할 거야 | 허름할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 허름해요? | 허름합니까? | 허름해? | 허름하니? |
| 과거Past | 허름했어요? | 허름했습니까? | 허름했어? | 허름했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 허름해요 | 안 허름합니다 | 안 허름해 | 안 허름하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 허름하지 않아요 | 허름하지 않습니다 | 허름하지 않아 | 허름하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 허름하세요 | 허름하십니다 | 허름하셔 | 허름하시다 |
| 과거Past | 허름하셨어요 | 허름하셨습니다 | 허름하셨어 | 허름하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 허름한
- 과거Past
- 허름한
- 미래Future
- 허름할
- 회상Used to
- 허름하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 허름하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 허름하게
- -어서so / and then
- 허름해서
- -으니까since
- 허름하니까
- -으면if / when
- 허름하면
- -지만but
- 허름하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 허름한데
- -어도even if
- 허름해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 허름하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
괜찮습니다 별로 허름하진 않군요
No, thank you, this is not too shabby.
두 시간은 걸리는데 시설도 허름해요
The nearest one is two hours from here and it's not even that nice.
우리 모두가 지겹게 출근해 왔던 저 허름한 곳에서 마침내 벗어나게 되는 거죠
And that means that we can finally move out of that dump we've all been forced to work in all these years down the block.
세상에서 가장 허름한 오두막도 하나의 지붕에 그치지 않습니다.
Even the most modest hut on earth is not just a roof.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 허름하다 in Korean?
허름하다 (to be shabby) is 허름해요 in the polite 해요체, 허름합니다 in formal 합니다체, 허름해 in casual 반말 and 허름하다 in the plain written style. The past is 허름했어요.
What is the past tense of 허름하다?
허름했어요 in everyday polite speech, 허름했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 허름하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 허름하다 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 허름하여 and 허름하니 but unchanged in 허름합니다.
What TOPIK level is 허름하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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