냉정하다

keep one's shirt on

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
냉정한
아/어Infinitive
냉정해
-으니Since
냉정하니
합니다Formal
냉정합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 냉정해요냉정합니다냉정해냉정하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 냉정했어요냉정했습니다냉정했어냉정했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 냉정하겠어요냉정하겠습니다냉정하겠어냉정하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 냉정할 거예요냉정할 것입니다냉정할 거야냉정할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 냉정해요?냉정합니까?냉정해?냉정하니?
과거Past 냉정했어요?냉정했습니까?냉정했어?냉정했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 냉정해요안 냉정합니다안 냉정해안 냉정하다
-지 않다Not (long) 냉정하지 않아요냉정하지 않습니다냉정하지 않아냉정하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 냉정하세요냉정하십니다냉정하셔냉정하시다
과거Past 냉정하셨어요냉정하셨습니다냉정하셨어냉정하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
냉정한
과거Past
냉정한
미래Future
냉정할
회상Used to
냉정하던

Joining clauses

-고and
냉정하고
-게-ly / so that
냉정하게
-어서so / and then
냉정해서
-으니까since
냉정하니까
-으면if / when
냉정하면
-지만but
냉정하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
냉정한데
-어도even if
냉정해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

하지만 냉정하고 힘겨운 현실도 있습니다.

But there was a cold hard reality as well.

종종 정의가 피해자들에게 냉정하다고 생각되는 이유가 바로 이거예요.

This is why justice often feels really cold for victims.

여러분 생각엔 어떤 그룹이 입사지원자들을 더욱 냉정하게 평가했을까요?

Which group do you think was more likely to judge harshly our subject?

이렇게 공식화하는 것은 매우 냉정해 보이지만 현실입니다.

The formula for this looks very chilly but it's real.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 냉정하다 in Korean?

냉정하다 (keep one's shirt on) is 냉정해요 in the polite 해요체, 냉정합니다 in formal 합니다체, 냉정해 in casual 반말 and 냉정하다 in the plain written style. The past is 냉정했어요.

What is the past tense of 냉정하다?

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

Is 냉정하다 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 냉정하여 and 냉정하니 but unchanged in 냉정합니다.

What TOPIK level is 냉정하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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