깜깜하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be pitch-dark
Every form of 깜깜하다 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
- 깜깜한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 깜깜해
- -으니Since
- 깜깜하니
- 합니다Formal
- 깜깜합니다
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 | 깜깜해요 | 깜깜합니다 | 깜깜해 | 깜깜하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 깜깜했어요 | 깜깜했습니다 | 깜깜했어 | 깜깜했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 깜깜하겠어요 | 깜깜하겠습니다 | 깜깜하겠어 | 깜깜하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 깜깜할 거예요 | 깜깜할 것입니다 | 깜깜할 거야 | 깜깜할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 깜깜해요? | 깜깜합니까? | 깜깜해? | 깜깜하니? |
| 과거Past | 깜깜했어요? | 깜깜했습니까? | 깜깜했어? | 깜깜했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 깜깜해요 | 안 깜깜합니다 | 안 깜깜해 | 안 깜깜하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 깜깜하지 않아요 | 깜깜하지 않습니다 | 깜깜하지 않아 | 깜깜하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 깜깜하세요 | 깜깜하십니다 | 깜깜하셔 | 깜깜하시다 |
| 과거Past | 깜깜하셨어요 | 깜깜하셨습니다 | 깜깜하셨어 | 깜깜하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 깜깜한
- 과거Past
- 깜깜한
- 미래Future
- 깜깜할
- 회상Used to
- 깜깜하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 깜깜하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 깜깜하게
- -어서so / and then
- 깜깜해서
- -으니까since
- 깜깜하니까
- -으면if / when
- 깜깜하면
- -지만but
- 깜깜하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 깜깜한데
- -어도even if
- 깜깜해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 깜깜하다
- 1이 2에 깜깜하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그 땐 몹시 어두웠습니다 아주 깜깜했죠
I remember that it was dark. Really black.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 깜깜하다 in Korean?
깜깜하다 (to be pitch-dark) is 깜깜해요 in the polite 해요체, 깜깜합니다 in formal 합니다체, 깜깜해 in casual 반말 and 깜깜하다 in the plain written style. The past is 깜깜했어요.
What is the past tense of 깜깜하다?
깜깜했어요 in everyday polite speech, 깜깜했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 깜깜하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 깜깜하다 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 깜깜하여 and 깜깜하니 but unchanged in 깜깜합니다.
What TOPIK level is 깜깜하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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