빨갛다

to be deep red

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
빨간
아/어Infinitive
빨개
-으니Since
빨가니
합니다Formal
빨갛습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빨개요빨갛습니다빨개빨갛다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빨갰어요빨갰습니다빨갰어빨갰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빨갛겠어요빨갛겠습니다빨갛겠어빨갛겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빨갈 거예요빨갈 것입니다빨갈 거야빨갈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빨개요?빨갛습니까?빨개?빨가니?
과거Past 빨갰어요?빨갰습니까?빨갰어?빨갰니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빨개요안 빨갛습니다안 빨개안 빨갛다
-지 않다Not (long) 빨갛지 않아요빨갛지 않습니다빨갛지 않아빨갛지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빨가세요빨가십니다빨가셔빨가시다
과거Past 빨가셨어요빨가셨습니다빨가셨어빨가셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
빨간
과거Past
빨간
미래Future
빨갈
회상Used to
빨갛던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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