빨갛다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be deep red
Every form of 빨갛다 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
- 빨간
- 아/어Infinitive
- 빨개
- -으니Since
- 빨가니
- 합니다Formal
- 빨갛습니다
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 | 빨개요 | 빨갛습니다 | 빨개 | 빨갛다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 빨갰어요 | 빨갰습니다 | 빨갰어 | 빨갰다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 빨갛겠어요 | 빨갛겠습니다 | 빨갛겠어 | 빨갛겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 빨갈 거예요 | 빨갈 것입니다 | 빨갈 거야 | 빨갈 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빨개요? | 빨갛습니까? | 빨개? | 빨가니? |
| 과거Past | 빨갰어요? | 빨갰습니까? | 빨갰어? | 빨갰니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 빨개요 | 안 빨갛습니다 | 안 빨개 | 안 빨갛다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 빨갛지 않아요 | 빨갛지 않습니다 | 빨갛지 않아 | 빨갛지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빨가세요 | 빨가십니다 | 빨가셔 | 빨가시다 |
| 과거Past | 빨가셨어요 | 빨가셨습니다 | 빨가셨어 | 빨가셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 빨간
- 과거Past
- 빨간
- 미래Future
- 빨갈
- 회상Used to
- 빨갛던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 빨갛고
- -게-ly / so that
- 빨갛게
- -어서so / and then
- 빨개서
- -으니까since
- 빨가니까
- -으면if / when
- 빨가면
- -지만but
- 빨갛지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 빨간데
- -어도even if
- 빨개도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 빨갛다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그러나 빨갛게 보인다고 해서 모두 같은 물질로 구성된 건 아니에요.
But not everything that looks reddish has the same composition.
그 사람 얼굴은 빨갰어.
His face was red.
그 사람은 빨간 차로 결정했어.
He decided on the red car.
두번째 빨간 선은 종교입니다.
That second red line is religion.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 빨갛다 in Korean?
빨갛다 (to be deep red) is 빨개요 in the polite 해요체, 빨갛습니다 in formal 합니다체, 빨개 in casual 반말 and 빨갛다 in the plain written style. The past is 빨갰어요.
What is the past tense of 빨갛다?
빨갰어요 in everyday polite speech, 빨갰습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 빨개 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 빨갛다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 빨개 and 빨가니 but unchanged in 빨갛습니다.
What TOPIK level is 빨갛다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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