적합하다 Korean adjective conjugation
suitable, fit
Every form of 적합하다 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
- 적합한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 적합해
- -으니Since
- 적합하니
- 합니다Formal
- 적합합니다
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 | 적합해요 | 적합합니다 | 적합해 | 적합하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 적합했어요 | 적합했습니다 | 적합했어 | 적합했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 적합하겠어요 | 적합하겠습니다 | 적합하겠어 | 적합하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 적합할 거예요 | 적합할 것입니다 | 적합할 거야 | 적합할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 적합해요? | 적합합니까? | 적합해? | 적합하니? |
| 과거Past | 적합했어요? | 적합했습니까? | 적합했어? | 적합했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 적합해요 | 안 적합합니다 | 안 적합해 | 안 적합하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 적합하지 않아요 | 적합하지 않습니다 | 적합하지 않아 | 적합하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 적합하세요 | 적합하십니다 | 적합하셔 | 적합하시다 |
| 과거Past | 적합하셨어요 | 적합하셨습니다 | 적합하셨어 | 적합하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 적합한
- 과거Past
- 적합한
- 미래Future
- 적합할
- 회상Used to
- 적합하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 적합하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 적합하게
- -어서so / and then
- 적합해서
- -으니까since
- 적합하니까
- -으면if / when
- 적합하면
- -지만but
- 적합하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 적합한데
- -어도even if
- 적합해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에/에게 적합하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
적합한 조건을 모두 갖추고 있어요.
It has all the right conditions.
하지만 모든 곳이 살기에 적합하지는 않죠.
But not all worlds are habitable.
그리고 그것은 3살 아이에게 매우 적합한 것이었어요.
And it was exactly appropriate for a three-year-old.
이 특정 상황에 적합한 것이었고 매우 아름답기까지 했습니다.
They're appropriate for this particular context and really, really beautiful as well.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 적합하다 in Korean?
적합하다 (suitable, fit) is 적합해요 in the polite 해요체, 적합합니다 in formal 합니다체, 적합해 in casual 반말 and 적합하다 in the plain written style. The past is 적합했어요.
What is the past tense of 적합하다?
적합했어요 in everyday polite speech, 적합했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 적합하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 적합하다 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 적합하여 and 적합하니 but unchanged in 적합합니다.
What TOPIK level is 적합하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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