진솔하다

to be frank

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
진솔한
아/어Infinitive
진솔해
-으니Since
진솔하니
합니다Formal
진솔합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 진솔해요진솔합니다진솔해진솔하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 진솔했어요진솔했습니다진솔했어진솔했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 진솔하겠어요진솔하겠습니다진솔하겠어진솔하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 진솔할 거예요진솔할 것입니다진솔할 거야진솔할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진솔해요?진솔합니까?진솔해?진솔하니?
과거Past 진솔했어요?진솔했습니까?진솔했어?진솔했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 진솔해요안 진솔합니다안 진솔해안 진솔하다
-지 않다Not (long) 진솔하지 않아요진솔하지 않습니다진솔하지 않아진솔하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 진솔하세요진솔하십니다진솔하셔진솔하시다
과거Past 진솔하셨어요진솔하셨습니다진솔하셨어진솔하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
진솔한
과거Past
진솔한
미래Future
진솔할
회상Used to
진솔하던

Joining clauses

-고and
진솔하고
-게-ly / so that
진솔하게
-어서so / and then
진솔해서
-으니까since
진솔하니까
-으면if / when
진솔하면
-지만but
진솔하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
진솔한데
-어도even if
진솔해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그리고 나는 항상 내가 느끼는 그대로 진솔한 기사만을 씁니다.

I am willing and ready to learn from the responses that my pieces generate.

진솔하게 답하셔야 합니다.

And I need you to be honest with the answer.

그러나 4월 21일, 정말 진솔한 순간이 벌어졌습니다.

But on April 21, a wonderfully honest moment occurred.

저희끼리 진솔해지자는 엄격한 규칙을 지켰고 그러다보니 서서히 마음이 열리면서 마음 속에 있던 것들이 튀어나오기도 했습니다.

We followed a strict policy of being honest, and this also came with a certain exposure, an open-chested vulnerability.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 진솔하다 in Korean?

진솔하다 (to be frank) is 진솔해요 in the polite 해요체, 진솔합니다 in formal 합니다체, 진솔해 in casual 반말 and 진솔하다 in the plain written style. The past is 진솔했어요.

What is the past tense of 진솔하다?

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

Is 진솔하다 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 진솔하여 and 진솔하니 but unchanged in 진솔합니다.

What TOPIK level is 진솔하다?

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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