진실하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be sincere

Every form of 진실하다 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
진실한
아/어Infinitive
진실해
-으니Since
진실하니
합니다Formal
진실합니다

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 진실해요진실합니다진실해진실하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 진실했어요진실했습니다진실했어진실했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 진실하겠어요진실하겠습니다진실하겠어진실하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 진실할 거예요진실할 것입니다진실할 거야진실할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진실해요?진실합니까?진실해?진실하니?
과거Past 진실했어요?진실했습니까?진실했어?진실했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 진실해요안 진실합니다안 진실해안 진실하다
-지 않다Not (long) 진실하지 않아요진실하지 않습니다진실하지 않아진실하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진실하세요진실하십니다진실하셔진실하시다
과거Past 진실하셨어요진실하셨습니다진실하셨어진실하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
진실한
과거Past
진실한
미래Future
진실할
회상Used to
진실하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
진실하고
-게-ly / so that
진실하게
-어서so / and then
진실해서
-으니까since
진실하니까
-으면if / when
진실하면
-지만but
진실하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
진실한데
-어도even if
진실해도

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.

그녀에 대한 제 사랑이 진실합니다

I am sincere in loving her.

이건 진실해 보이지?

True love here I come.

그래, 진실한 사랑이겠지

I'm sure it's true love.

진실한 사랑은 보이지 않아

True love is blind.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 진실하다 in Korean?

진실하다 (to be sincere) is 진실해요 in the polite 해요체, 진실합니다 in formal 합니다체, 진실해 in casual 반말 and 진실하다 in the plain written style. The past is 진실했어요.

What is the past tense of 진실하다?

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

Is 진실하다 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 진실하여 and 진실하니 but unchanged in 진실합니다.

What TOPIK level is 진실하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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