누렇다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be murky yellow
Every form of 누렇다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 누런
- 아/어Infinitive
- 누레
- -으니Since
- 누러니
- 합니다Formal
- 누렇습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 누레요 | 누렇습니다 | 누레 | 누렇다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 누렜어요 | 누렜습니다 | 누렜어 | 누렜다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 누렇겠어요 | 누렇겠습니다 | 누렇겠어 | 누렇겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 누럴 거예요 | 누럴 것입니다 | 누럴 거야 | 누럴 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 누레요? | 누렇습니까? | 누레? | 누러니? |
| 과거Past | 누렜어요? | 누렜습니까? | 누렜어? | 누렜니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 누레요 | 안 누렇습니다 | 안 누레 | 안 누렇다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 누렇지 않아요 | 누렇지 않습니다 | 누렇지 않아 | 누렇지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 누러세요 | 누러십니다 | 누러셔 | 누러시다 |
| 과거Past | 누러셨어요 | 누러셨습니다 | 누러셨어 | 누러셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 누런
- 과거Past
- 누런
- 미래Future
- 누럴
- 회상Used to
- 누렇던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 누렇고
- -게-ly / so that
- 누렇게
- -어서so / and then
- 누레서
- -으니까since
- 누러니까
- -으면if / when
- 누러면
- -지만but
- 누렇지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 누런데
- -어도even if
- 누레도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 누렇다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
누런 이빨에 일자 눈썹을 가진 동네 목사님에게 부탁해야겠지
It'll have to be the local bloke with yellow teeth and the massive unibrow.
둘 다 흑백 사진에 넝마가 되어 누렇게 변색 되었습니다.
They were both black and white, tattered and yellow.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 누렇다 in Korean?
누렇다 (to be murky yellow) is 누레요 in the polite 해요체, 누렇습니다 in formal 합니다체, 누레 in casual 반말 and 누렇다 in the plain written style. The past is 누렜어요.
What is the past tense of 누렇다?
누렜어요 in everyday polite speech, 누렜습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 누레 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 누렇다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 누레 and 누러니 but unchanged in 누렇습니다.
What TOPIK level is 누렇다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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