캄캄하다

to be pitch-dark

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
캄캄한
아/어Infinitive
캄캄해
-으니Since
캄캄하니
합니다Formal
캄캄합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 캄캄해요캄캄합니다캄캄해캄캄하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 캄캄했어요캄캄했습니다캄캄했어캄캄했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 캄캄하겠어요캄캄하겠습니다캄캄하겠어캄캄하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 캄캄할 거예요캄캄할 것입니다캄캄할 거야캄캄할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 캄캄해요?캄캄합니까?캄캄해?캄캄하니?
과거Past 캄캄했어요?캄캄했습니까?캄캄했어?캄캄했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 캄캄해요안 캄캄합니다안 캄캄해안 캄캄하다
-지 않다Not (long) 캄캄하지 않아요캄캄하지 않습니다캄캄하지 않아캄캄하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 캄캄하세요캄캄하십니다캄캄하셔캄캄하시다
과거Past 캄캄하셨어요캄캄하셨습니다캄캄하셨어캄캄하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
캄캄한
과거Past
캄캄한
미래Future
캄캄할
회상Used to
캄캄하던

Joining clauses

-고and
캄캄하고
-게-ly / so that
캄캄하게
-어서so / and then
캄캄해서
-으니까since
캄캄하니까
-으면if / when
캄캄하면
-지만but
캄캄하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
캄캄한데
-어도even if
캄캄해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

앞이 캄캄하게 느껴질 수도 있겠지

I know things seem dire right now.

지금은 네 앞길이 캄캄해 보일 거야

I know right now your path, it looks pretty bleak.

선스의 앞길이 아주 캄캄해 보입니다

The Suns looking down a real dark road right now.

네, 이 경우는 앞이 캄캄한 건 아닙니다

Right. I wouldn't call your situation hopeless.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 캄캄하다 in Korean?

캄캄하다 (to be pitch-dark) is 캄캄해요 in the polite 해요체, 캄캄합니다 in formal 합니다체, 캄캄해 in casual 반말 and 캄캄하다 in the plain written style. The past is 캄캄했어요.

What is the past tense of 캄캄하다?

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

Is 캄캄하다 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 캄캄하여 and 캄캄하니 but unchanged in 캄캄합니다.

What TOPIK level is 캄캄하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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