적나라하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be naked, bare

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사irregular 여 불규칙 Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 적나라하다 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: 적나라한
아/어Infinitive: 적나라해
-으니Since: 적나라하니
합니다Formal: 적나라합니다

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	적나라해요	적나라합니다	적나라해	적나라하다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	적나라했어요	적나라했습니다	적나라했어	적나라했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	적나라하겠어요	적나라하겠습니다	적나라하겠어	적나라하겠다
-을 것이다Going to	적나라할 거예요	적나라할 것입니다	적나라할 거야	적나라할 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	적나라해요?	적나라합니까?	적나라해?	적나라하니?
과거Past	적나라했어요?	적나라했습니까?	적나라했어?	적나라했니?

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 적나라해요	안 적나라합니다	안 적나라해	안 적나라하다
-지 않다Not (long)	적나라하지 않아요	적나라하지 않습니다	적나라하지 않아	적나라하지 않다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	적나라하세요	적나라하십니다	적나라하셔	적나라하시다
과거Past	적나라하셨어요	적나라하셨습니다	적나라하셨어	적나라하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 적나라한
과거Past: 적나라한
미래Future: 적나라할
회상Used to: 적나라하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 적나라하고
-게-ly / so that: 적나라하게
-어서so / and then: 적나라해서
-으니까since: 적나라하니까
-으면if / when: 적나라하면
-지만but: 적나라하지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 적나라한데
-어도even if: 적나라해도

문형Sentence patterns

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

1이 적나라하다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그건 충분히 적나라하지 않았나요?"

Is that not sensational enough?"

아니면 적나라한 현실을 보여주며 눈을 뜨게 하거나요.

Or like, "Here's the facts, this is happening, wake up."

제가 좋아하는 단어들 중 하나인데 바로 그 적나라함 때문입니다.

It's one of my favorite words, because it's so literal.

미리 경고드리는데, 몇몇 분들은 매우 적나라하다고 느낄 수도 있습니다.

And I have to warn you, some of you might find them quite explicit.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 적나라하다 in Korean?

적나라하다 (to be naked, bare) is 적나라해요 in the polite 해요체, 적나라합니다 in formal 합니다체, 적나라해 in casual 반말 and 적나라하다 in the plain written style. The past is 적나라했어요.

What is the past tense of 적나라하다?

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

Is 적나라하다 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 적나라하여 and 적나라하니 but unchanged in 적나라합니다.

What TOPIK level is 적나라하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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