까맣다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be pitch black
Every form of 까맣다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 까만
- 아/어Infinitive
- 까매
- -으니Since
- 까마니
- 합니다Formal
- 까맣습니다
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 | 까매요 | 까맣습니다 | 까매 | 까맣다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 까맸어요 | 까맸습니다 | 까맸어 | 까맸다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 까맣겠어요 | 까맣겠습니다 | 까맣겠어 | 까맣겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 까말 거예요 | 까말 것입니다 | 까말 거야 | 까말 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 까매요? | 까맣습니까? | 까매? | 까마니? |
| 과거Past | 까맸어요? | 까맸습니까? | 까맸어? | 까맸니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 까매요 | 안 까맣습니다 | 안 까매 | 안 까맣다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 까맣지 않아요 | 까맣지 않습니다 | 까맣지 않아 | 까맣지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 까마세요 | 까마십니다 | 까마셔 | 까마시다 |
| 과거Past | 까마셨어요 | 까마셨습니다 | 까마셨어 | 까마셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 까만
- 과거Past
- 까만
- 미래Future
- 까말
- 회상Used to
- 까맣던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 까맣고
- -게-ly / so that
- 까맣게
- -어서so / and then
- 까매서
- -으니까since
- 까마니까
- -으면if / when
- 까마면
- -지만but
- 까맣지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 까만데
- -어도even if
- 까매도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 까맣다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
코와 입술은 언제나 까맣다.
Nose and lips are always black.
군 관련 내용인데 까맣게 지워졌어.
Just some military stuff, it's all blacked out.
까말 아저씨가 우리 부모님한테 말하시던걸
Kamal uncle spoke to my parents.
왜 까매졌죠?
Why are they black?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 까맣다 in Korean?
까맣다 (to be pitch black) is 까매요 in the polite 해요체, 까맣습니다 in formal 합니다체, 까매 in casual 반말 and 까맣다 in the plain written style. The past is 까맸어요.
What is the past tense of 까맣다?
까맸어요 in everyday polite speech, 까맸습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 까매 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 까맣다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 까매 and 까마니 but unchanged in 까맣습니다.
What TOPIK level is 까맣다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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