족하다 Korean adjective conjugation
suffice
Every form of 족하다 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
- 족한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 족해
- -으니Since
- 족하니
- 합니다Formal
- 족합니다
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 | 족해요 | 족합니다 | 족해 | 족하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 족했어요 | 족했습니다 | 족했어 | 족했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 족하겠어요 | 족하겠습니다 | 족하겠어 | 족하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 족할 거예요 | 족할 것입니다 | 족할 거야 | 족할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 족해요? | 족합니까? | 족해? | 족하니? |
| 과거Past | 족했어요? | 족했습니까? | 족했어? | 족했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 족해요 | 안 족합니다 | 안 족해 | 안 족하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 족하지 않아요 | 족하지 않습니다 | 족하지 않아 | 족하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 족하세요 | 족하십니다 | 족하셔 | 족하시다 |
| 과거Past | 족하셨어요 | 족하셨습니다 | 족하셨어 | 족하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 족한
- 과거Past
- 족한
- 미래Future
- 족할
- 회상Used to
- 족하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 족하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 족하게
- -어서so / and then
- 족해서
- -으니까since
- 족하니까
- -으면if / when
- 족하면
- -지만but
- 족하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 족한데
- -어도even if
- 족해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2로 족하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
첫 번째. 첫 번째 행동 수침: 기억하세요, 반대하는 사람을 참는 것으로 족하지 않는다는 것을요.
Number one. Action item number one: remember, it's not good enough just to tolerate people who disagree.
이 수정들 중 대부분은 특징적인 모양을 가집니다— 이 뽀족한 석영 기둥들과 정육면체의 방연석 더미들을 보세요.
Many of these crystals have signature shapes— take this cascade of pointed quartz, or this pile of galena cubes.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 족하다 in Korean?
족하다 (suffice) is 족해요 in the polite 해요체, 족합니다 in formal 합니다체, 족해 in casual 반말 and 족하다 in the plain written style. The past is 족했어요.
What is the past tense of 족하다?
족했어요 in everyday polite speech, 족했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 족하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 족하다 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 족하여 and 족하니 but unchanged in 족합니다.
What TOPIK level is 족하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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