적다

to be few, little

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
적은
아/어Infinitive
적어
-으니Since
적으니
합니다Formal
적습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적어요적습니다적어적다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적었어요적었습니다적었어적었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 적겠어요적겠습니다적겠어적겠다
-을 것이다Going to 적을 거예요적을 것입니다적을 거야적을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적어요?적습니까?적어?적으니?
과거Past 적었어요?적었습니까?적었어?적었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 적어요안 적습니다안 적어안 적다
-지 않다Not (long) 적지 않아요적지 않습니다적지 않아적지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적으세요적으십니다적으셔적으시다
과거Past 적으셨어요적으셨습니다적으셨어적으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
적은
과거Past
적은
미래Future
적을
회상Used to
적던

Joining clauses

-고and
적고
-게-ly / so that
적게
-어서so / and then
적어서
-으니까since
적으니까
-으면if / when
적으면
-지만but
적지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
적은데
-어도even if
적어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

적어보면 이렇게 되고요.

Written out, it looks like this.

그녀는 이렇게 적고 있다:

Translating the importance of activism

어떤 가족은 자식이 적습니다.

Some families have fewer children.

그래서 그 내용에 대해 적었습니다.

So that's what I wrote about.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 적다 in Korean?

적다 (to be few, little) is 적어요 in the polite 해요체, 적습니다 in formal 합니다체, 적어 in casual 반말 and 적다 in the plain written style. The past is 적었어요.

What is the past tense of 적다?

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

Is 적다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 적습니다, 적어, 적으니 all keep 적 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 적다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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