자상하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be considerate, to be thoughtful

Every form of 자상하다 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
자상한
아/어Infinitive
자상해
-으니Since
자상하니
합니다Formal
자상합니다

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 자상해요자상합니다자상해자상하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 자상했어요자상했습니다자상했어자상했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 자상하겠어요자상하겠습니다자상하겠어자상하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 자상할 거예요자상할 것입니다자상할 거야자상할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 자상해요?자상합니까?자상해?자상하니?
과거Past 자상했어요?자상했습니까?자상했어?자상했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 자상해요안 자상합니다안 자상해안 자상하다
-지 않다Not (long) 자상하지 않아요자상하지 않습니다자상하지 않아자상하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 자상하세요자상하십니다자상하셔자상하시다
과거Past 자상하셨어요자상하셨습니다자상하셨어자상하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
자상한
과거Past
자상한
미래Future
자상할
회상Used to
자상하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
자상하고
-게-ly / so that
자상하게
-어서so / and then
자상해서
-으니까since
자상하니까
-으면if / when
자상하면
-지만but
자상하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
자상한데
-어도even if
자상해도

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.

남편 분이 자상해 보이세요

You have a great husband

걔한테 그런 자상한 면이 있었네

We have a whole bag of them.

사람들은 너의 이런 자상한 구석을 몰라

People don't get a chance to see these small, kind things that you do for people.

아내 민정에게는 더없이 자상한 남편이다.

They do not make a very credible husband and wife.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 자상하다 in Korean?

자상하다 (to be considerate, to be thoughtful) is 자상해요 in the polite 해요체, 자상합니다 in formal 합니다체, 자상해 in casual 반말 and 자상하다 in the plain written style. The past is 자상했어요.

What is the past tense of 자상하다?

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

Is 자상하다 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 자상하여 and 자상하니 but unchanged in 자상합니다.

What TOPIK level is 자상하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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