낮다

to be low

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
낮은
아/어Infinitive
낮아
-으니Since
낮으니
합니다Formal
낮습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낮아요낮습니다낮아낮다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낮았어요낮았습니다낮았어낮았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 낮겠어요낮겠습니다낮겠어낮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낮을 거예요낮을 것입니다낮을 거야낮을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낮아요?낮습니까?낮아?낮으니?
과거Past 낮았어요?낮았습니까?낮았어?낮았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 낮아요안 낮습니다안 낮아안 낮다
-지 않다Not (long) 낮지 않아요낮지 않습니다낮지 않아낮지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낮으세요낮으십니다낮으셔낮으시다
과거Past 낮으셨어요낮으셨습니다낮으셨어낮으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
낮은
과거Past
낮은
미래Future
낮을
회상Used to
낮던

Joining clauses

-고and
낮고
-게-ly / so that
낮게
-어서so / and then
낮아서
-으니까since
낮으니까
-으면if / when
낮으면
-지만but
낮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
낮은데
-어도even if
낮아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그러나 다른 부분에서는 사람보다 낮을 수도 있습니다.

But in other cases they may be lower.

낮은 차원에서는 다음과 같은 결과가 있다.

In low dimensions, there are the following results:

당신 수준이 낮은 거야

You have incredibly low standards. - Mm-hmm.

얼마나 낮게 갈 수 있나요?

How low can you go?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 낮다 in Korean?

낮다 (to be low) is 낮아요 in the polite 해요체, 낮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 낮아 in casual 반말 and 낮다 in the plain written style. The past is 낮았어요.

What is the past tense of 낮다?

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

Is 낮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낮습니다, 낮아, 낮으니 all keep 낮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 낮다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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