흐리다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be cloudy, overcast

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 흐리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
흐린
아/어Infinitive
흐려
-으니Since
흐리니
합니다Formal
흐립니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흐려요흐립니다흐려흐리다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흐렸어요흐렸습니다흐렸어흐렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흐리겠어요흐리겠습니다흐리겠어흐리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흐릴 거예요흐릴 것입니다흐릴 거야흐릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐려요?흐립니까?흐려?흐리니?
과거Past 흐렸어요?흐렸습니까?흐렸어?흐렸니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 흐려요안 흐립니다안 흐려안 흐리다
-지 않다Not (long) 흐리지 않아요흐리지 않습니다흐리지 않아흐리지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐리세요흐리십니다흐리셔흐리시다
과거Past 흐리셨어요흐리셨습니다흐리셨어흐리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
흐린
과거Past
흐린
미래Future
흐릴
회상Used to
흐리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
흐리고
-게-ly / so that
흐리게
-어서so / and then
흐려서
-으니까since
흐리니까
-으면if / when
흐리면
-지만but
흐리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흐린데
-어도even if
흐려도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

흐린 물이 허리 밖에 오지 않아도 저는 무섭다고 느낍니다.

But anything above here, if it's murky, I can already feel it right now.

흐리고 가끔씩 비가 내렸다.

It was cloudy, with occasional rain.

주의가 흐려졌나요?

Have you been distracted?

흐린 날

cloudy day

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 흐리다 in Korean?

흐리다 (to be cloudy, overcast) is 흐려요 in the polite 해요체, 흐립니다 in formal 합니다체, 흐려 in casual 반말 and 흐리다 in the plain written style. The past is 흐렸어요.

What is the past tense of 흐리다?

흐렸어요 in everyday polite speech, 흐렸습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 흐려 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 흐리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흐립니다, 흐려, 흐리니 all keep 흐리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흐리다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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