족하다

suffice

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
족한
아/어Infinitive
족해
-으니Since
족하니
합니다Formal
족합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 족해요족합니다족해족하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 족했어요족했습니다족했어족했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 족하겠어요족하겠습니다족하겠어족하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 족할 거예요족할 것입니다족할 거야족할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 족해요?족합니까?족해?족하니?
과거Past 족했어요?족했습니까?족했어?족했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 족해요안 족합니다안 족해안 족하다
-지 않다Not (long) 족하지 않아요족하지 않습니다족하지 않아족하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 족하세요족하십니다족하셔족하시다
과거Past 족하셨어요족하셨습니다족하셨어족하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
족한
과거Past
족한
미래Future
족할
회상Used to
족하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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