뽀얗다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be very hazy, very indistinct

Every form of 뽀얗다 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
뽀얀
아/어Infinitive
뽀얘
-으니Since
뽀야니
합니다Formal
뽀얗습니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뽀얘요뽀얗습니다뽀얘뽀얗다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뽀얬어요뽀얬습니다뽀얬어뽀얬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뽀얗겠어요뽀얗겠습니다뽀얗겠어뽀얗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뽀얄 거예요뽀얄 것입니다뽀얄 거야뽀얄 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뽀얘요?뽀얗습니까?뽀얘?뽀야니?
과거Past 뽀얬어요?뽀얬습니까?뽀얬어?뽀얬니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뽀얘요안 뽀얗습니다안 뽀얘안 뽀얗다
-지 않다Not (long) 뽀얗지 않아요뽀얗지 않습니다뽀얗지 않아뽀얗지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뽀야세요뽀야십니다뽀야셔뽀야시다
과거Past 뽀야셨어요뽀야셨습니다뽀야셨어뽀야셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뽀얀
과거Past
뽀얀
미래Future
뽀얄
회상Used to
뽀얗던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뽀얗고
-게-ly / so that
뽀얗게
-어서so / and then
뽀얘서
-으니까since
뽀야니까
-으면if / when
뽀야면
-지만but
뽀얗지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뽀얀데
-어도even if
뽀얘도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

오늘 낯이 유달시리 뽀얗다.

Your face is unusually fair today.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뽀얗다 in Korean?

뽀얗다 (to be very hazy, very indistinct) is 뽀얘요 in the polite 해요체, 뽀얗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뽀얘 in casual 반말 and 뽀얗다 in the plain written style. The past is 뽀얬어요.

What is the past tense of 뽀얗다?

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

Is 뽀얗다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 뽀얘 and 뽀야니 but unchanged in 뽀얗습니다.

What TOPIK level is 뽀얗다?

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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