허름하다

to be shabby

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
허름한
아/어Infinitive
허름해
-으니Since
허름하니
합니다Formal
허름합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허름해요허름합니다허름해허름하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허름했어요허름했습니다허름했어허름했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 허름하겠어요허름하겠습니다허름하겠어허름하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 허름할 거예요허름할 것입니다허름할 거야허름할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허름해요?허름합니까?허름해?허름하니?
과거Past 허름했어요?허름했습니까?허름했어?허름했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 허름해요안 허름합니다안 허름해안 허름하다
-지 않다Not (long) 허름하지 않아요허름하지 않습니다허름하지 않아허름하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허름하세요허름하십니다허름하셔허름하시다
과거Past 허름하셨어요허름하셨습니다허름하셨어허름하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
허름한
과거Past
허름한
미래Future
허름할
회상Used to
허름하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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