날씬하다

slim, slender, lean, svelte

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
날씬한
아/어Infinitive
날씬해
-으니Since
날씬하니
합니다Formal
날씬합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 날씬해요날씬합니다날씬해날씬하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 날씬했어요날씬했습니다날씬했어날씬했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 날씬하겠어요날씬하겠습니다날씬하겠어날씬하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 날씬할 거예요날씬할 것입니다날씬할 거야날씬할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 날씬해요?날씬합니까?날씬해?날씬하니?
과거Past 날씬했어요?날씬했습니까?날씬했어?날씬했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 날씬해요안 날씬합니다안 날씬해안 날씬하다
-지 않다Not (long) 날씬하지 않아요날씬하지 않습니다날씬하지 않아날씬하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 날씬하세요날씬하십니다날씬하셔날씬하시다
과거Past 날씬하셨어요날씬하셨습니다날씬하셨어날씬하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
날씬한
과거Past
날씬한
미래Future
날씬할
회상Used to
날씬하던

Joining clauses

-고and
날씬하고
-게-ly / so that
날씬하게
-어서so / and then
날씬해서
-으니까since
날씬하니까
-으면if / when
날씬하면
-지만but
날씬하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
날씬한데
-어도even if
날씬해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

네가 운동장에 나와서 애들을 다 날씬하게 만들었지

You in the yard, keeping them all skinny.

그녀의 골반은 날씬하다.

She has narrow hips.

날씬해지다

to get thinner

톰은 난간만큼 날씬해.

Tom is as thin as a rail.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 날씬하다 in Korean?

날씬하다 (slim, slender, lean, svelte) is 날씬해요 in the polite 해요체, 날씬합니다 in formal 합니다체, 날씬해 in casual 반말 and 날씬하다 in the plain written style. The past is 날씬했어요.

What is the past tense of 날씬하다?

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

Is 날씬하다 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 날씬하여 and 날씬하니 but unchanged in 날씬합니다.

What TOPIK level is 날씬하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

Dictionary form, meaning, sentence patterns, examples and audio from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.