미세하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be tiny

Every form of 미세하다 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
미세한
아/어Infinitive
미세해
-으니Since
미세하니
합니다Formal
미세합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 미세해요미세합니다미세해미세하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 미세했어요미세했습니다미세했어미세했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 미세하겠어요미세하겠습니다미세하겠어미세하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 미세할 거예요미세할 것입니다미세할 거야미세할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 미세해요?미세합니까?미세해?미세하니?
과거Past 미세했어요?미세했습니까?미세했어?미세했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 미세해요안 미세합니다안 미세해안 미세하다
-지 않다Not (long) 미세하지 않아요미세하지 않습니다미세하지 않아미세하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 미세하세요미세하십니다미세하셔미세하시다
과거Past 미세하셨어요미세하셨습니다미세하셨어미세하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
미세한
과거Past
미세한
미래Future
미세할
회상Used to
미세하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
미세하고
-게-ly / so that
미세하게
-어서so / and then
미세해서
-으니까since
미세하니까
-으면if / when
미세하면
-지만but
미세하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
미세한데
-어도even if
미세해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그것들은 아주 미세하다는 공통점이 있습니다.

It all has to do with being really small.

모든 걸 미세하게 조정하는 세상을 상상해 보세요.

Now, imagine having granular control over everything in the world.

설명이 복잡한데, 실제로 미세한 영역에서 발생해,

That's a mouthful, but it's what's happening on the microscale.

따라서 시뮬레이션은 우주와 시간을 미세한 조각으로 나타내야 합니다.

So a simulation would have to represent space and time in very small pieces.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 미세하다 in Korean?

미세하다 (to be tiny) is 미세해요 in the polite 해요체, 미세합니다 in formal 합니다체, 미세해 in casual 반말 and 미세하다 in the plain written style. The past is 미세했어요.

What is the past tense of 미세하다?

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

Is 미세하다 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 미세하여 and 미세하니 but unchanged in 미세합니다.

What TOPIK level is 미세하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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