민감하다 Korean adjective conjugation
sensitive
Every form of 민감하다 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
- 민감한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 민감해
- -으니Since
- 민감하니
- 합니다Formal
- 민감합니다
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 | 민감해요 | 민감합니다 | 민감해 | 민감하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 민감했어요 | 민감했습니다 | 민감했어 | 민감했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 민감하겠어요 | 민감하겠습니다 | 민감하겠어 | 민감하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 민감할 거예요 | 민감할 것입니다 | 민감할 거야 | 민감할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 민감해요? | 민감합니까? | 민감해? | 민감하니? |
| 과거Past | 민감했어요? | 민감했습니까? | 민감했어? | 민감했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 민감해요 | 안 민감합니다 | 안 민감해 | 안 민감하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 민감하지 않아요 | 민감하지 않습니다 | 민감하지 않아 | 민감하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 민감하세요 | 민감하십니다 | 민감하셔 | 민감하시다 |
| 과거Past | 민감하셨어요 | 민감하셨습니다 | 민감하셨어 | 민감하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 민감한
- 과거Past
- 민감한
- 미래Future
- 민감할
- 회상Used to
- 민감하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 민감하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 민감하게
- -어서so / and then
- 민감해서
- -으니까since
- 민감하니까
- -으면if / when
- 민감하면
- -지만but
- 민감하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 민감한데
- -어도even if
- 민감해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에 민감하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그건 민감한 점이다.
That's a delicate point.
자, 우리가 연구한 방법입니다, 빛에 민감한 아이를 찾아봅시다.
So, the way we study that is, let's say we find a child who has light sensitivity.
그리고 인간의 실수에 민감하죠.
They're susceptible to human error.
인간의 눈보다 2천만배 더 민감하죠.
It will be 20 million times more sensitive than the human eye.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 민감하다 in Korean?
민감하다 (sensitive) is 민감해요 in the polite 해요체, 민감합니다 in formal 합니다체, 민감해 in casual 반말 and 민감하다 in the plain written style. The past is 민감했어요.
What is the past tense of 민감하다?
민감했어요 in everyday polite speech, 민감했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 민감하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 민감하다 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 민감하여 and 민감하니 but unchanged in 민감합니다.
What TOPIK level is 민감하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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