헤프다 Korean adjective conjugation
wasteful
Every form of 헤프다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 헤픈
- 아/어Infinitive
- 헤퍼
- -으니Since
- 헤프니
- 합니다Formal
- 헤픕니다
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 | 헤퍼요 | 헤픕니다 | 헤퍼 | 헤프다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 헤펐어요 | 헤펐습니다 | 헤펐어 | 헤펐다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 헤프겠어요 | 헤프겠습니다 | 헤프겠어 | 헤프겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 헤플 거예요 | 헤플 것입니다 | 헤플 거야 | 헤플 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 헤퍼요? | 헤픕니까? | 헤퍼? | 헤프니? |
| 과거Past | 헤펐어요? | 헤펐습니까? | 헤펐어? | 헤펐니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 헤퍼요 | 안 헤픕니다 | 안 헤퍼 | 안 헤프다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 헤프지 않아요 | 헤프지 않습니다 | 헤프지 않아 | 헤프지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 헤프세요 | 헤프십니다 | 헤프셔 | 헤프시다 |
| 과거Past | 헤프셨어요 | 헤프셨습니다 | 헤프셨어 | 헤프셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 헤픈
- 과거Past
- 헤픈
- 미래Future
- 헤플
- 회상Used to
- 헤프던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 헤프고
- -게-ly / so that
- 헤프게
- -어서so / and then
- 헤퍼서
- -으니까since
- 헤프니까
- -으면if / when
- 헤프면
- -지만but
- 헤프지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 헤픈데
- -어도even if
- 헤퍼도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 헤프다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
근데 사실, 헤픈 여자들보다 친구가 낫다라는게 진짜 그 뜻은 아니에요.
And actually, like, bros before hos, it doesn't mean like what it sounds like.
온라인 게시물들은 그녀가 "헤픈" 여자라는 의미를 내포했죠.
Online posts suggested that she was "available" for sex.
물론, 남자들도 성관계를 했지요. 하지만 읽은 것에서 기억하듯이 헤픈 남자들은 뭐라고 불렸죠?
Of course, men were having sex as well, but you'll remember from the reading, what were male sluts called?
올리비아가 헤픈가 봐?
Olivia must really be getting around.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 헤프다 in Korean?
헤프다 (wasteful) is 헤퍼요 in the polite 해요체, 헤픕니다 in formal 합니다체, 헤퍼 in casual 반말 and 헤프다 in the plain written style. The past is 헤펐어요.
What is the past tense of 헤프다?
헤펐어요 in everyday polite speech, 헤펐습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 헤퍼 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 헤프다 irregular?
Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 헤퍼 and 헤프니 but unchanged in 헤픕니다.
What TOPIK level is 헤프다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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