빳빳하다 Korean adjective conjugation
crisp, starchy
Every form of 빳빳하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 빳빳한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 빳빳해
- -으니Since
- 빳빳하니
- 합니다Formal
- 빳빳합니다
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 | 빳빳해요 | 빳빳합니다 | 빳빳해 | 빳빳하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 빳빳했어요 | 빳빳했습니다 | 빳빳했어 | 빳빳했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 빳빳하겠어요 | 빳빳하겠습니다 | 빳빳하겠어 | 빳빳하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 빳빳할 거예요 | 빳빳할 것입니다 | 빳빳할 거야 | 빳빳할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빳빳해요? | 빳빳합니까? | 빳빳해? | 빳빳하니? |
| 과거Past | 빳빳했어요? | 빳빳했습니까? | 빳빳했어? | 빳빳했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 빳빳해요 | 안 빳빳합니다 | 안 빳빳해 | 안 빳빳하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 빳빳하지 않아요 | 빳빳하지 않습니다 | 빳빳하지 않아 | 빳빳하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빳빳하세요 | 빳빳하십니다 | 빳빳하셔 | 빳빳하시다 |
| 과거Past | 빳빳하셨어요 | 빳빳하셨습니다 | 빳빳하셨어 | 빳빳하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 빳빳한
- 과거Past
- 빳빳한
- 미래Future
- 빳빳할
- 회상Used to
- 빳빳하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 빳빳하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 빳빳하게
- -어서so / and then
- 빳빳해서
- -으니까since
- 빳빳하니까
- -으면if / when
- 빳빳하면
- -지만but
- 빳빳하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 빳빳한데
- -어도even if
- 빳빳해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 빳빳하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
아주 빳빳한 지폐지
Crisp, clean dollars.
빳빳하게 개야 주름이 안 져요
Folds that are crisp prevent wrinkles.
칼라 빳빳한 것 좀 봐
Wow, the collars are so crisp.
한가운데에 백 달러짜리 빳빳한 신권이 있지
And dead in the center is a crisp, new hundred-dollar bill.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 빳빳하다 in Korean?
빳빳하다 (crisp, starchy) is 빳빳해요 in the polite 해요체, 빳빳합니다 in formal 합니다체, 빳빳해 in casual 반말 and 빳빳하다 in the plain written style. The past is 빳빳했어요.
What is the past tense of 빳빳하다?
빳빳했어요 in everyday polite speech, 빳빳했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 빳빳하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 빳빳하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 빳빳하여 and 빳빳하니 but unchanged in 빳빳합니다.
What TOPIK level is 빳빳하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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