높다

to be high

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
높은
아/어Infinitive
높아
-으니Since
높으니
합니다Formal
높습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 높아요높습니다높아높다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 높았어요높았습니다높았어높았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 높겠어요높겠습니다높겠어높겠다
-을 것이다Going to 높을 거예요높을 것입니다높을 거야높을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 높아요?높습니까?높아?높으니?
과거Past 높았어요?높았습니까?높았어?높았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 높아요안 높습니다안 높아안 높다
-지 않다Not (long) 높지 않아요높지 않습니다높지 않아높지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 높으세요높으십니다높으셔높으시다
과거Past 높으셨어요높으셨습니다높으셨어높으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
높은
과거Past
높은
미래Future
높을
회상Used to
높던

Joining clauses

-고and
높고
-게-ly / so that
높게
-어서so / and then
높아서
-으니까since
높으니까
-으면if / when
높으면
-지만but
높지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
높은데
-어도even if
높아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제 자신보다 더 높은 힘이 있었습니다.

But then there was a higher power than I.

제 말은, 세상 가장 높은 곳에 있었으니까요.

I mean, I was on top of the world.

난 높은 게 좋아

I love heights.

좀 더 높을 뿐이죠

Just a bit higher.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 높다 in Korean?

높다 (to be high) is 높아요 in the polite 해요체, 높습니다 in formal 합니다체, 높아 in casual 반말 and 높다 in the plain written style. The past is 높았어요.

What is the past tense of 높다?

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

Is 높다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 높습니다, 높아, 높으니 all keep 높 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 높다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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