평평하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be flat

Every form of 평평하다 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
평평한
아/어Infinitive
평평해
-으니Since
평평하니
합니다Formal
평평합니다

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 평평해요평평합니다평평해평평하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 평평했어요평평했습니다평평했어평평했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 평평하겠어요평평하겠습니다평평하겠어평평하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 평평할 거예요평평할 것입니다평평할 거야평평할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평평해요?평평합니까?평평해?평평하니?
과거Past 평평했어요?평평했습니까?평평했어?평평했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 평평해요안 평평합니다안 평평해안 평평하다
-지 않다Not (long) 평평하지 않아요평평하지 않습니다평평하지 않아평평하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평평하세요평평하십니다평평하셔평평하시다
과거Past 평평하셨어요평평하셨습니다평평하셨어평평하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
평평한
과거Past
평평한
미래Future
평평할
회상Used to
평평하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
평평하고
-게-ly / so that
평평하게
-어서so / and then
평평해서
-으니까since
평평하니까
-으면if / when
평평하면
-지만but
평평하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
평평한데
-어도even if
평평해도

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.

여러 작가들은 훈족들이 눈이 작고 평평한 코를 지녔다고 언급했다.

Various writers mention that the Huns had small eyes and flat noses.

평평하게 문제 없습니다

Keep the document level. - No problem.

어떤 회사가 크고 평평한 냉장고를 만드는지 누구 알고 있는 사람 없습니까?

Long live the motherland, who knows which company sells refrigerators that are broad and flat?

그 선들은 곡선이에요. 단지 제가 평평한 화면에서 보여주고 있기 때문이죠.

But that's only because I'm projecting it onto a flat surface.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 평평하다 in Korean?

평평하다 (to be flat) is 평평해요 in the polite 해요체, 평평합니다 in formal 합니다체, 평평해 in casual 반말 and 평평하다 in the plain written style. The past is 평평했어요.

What is the past tense of 평평하다?

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

Is 평평하다 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 평평하여 and 평평하니 but unchanged in 평평합니다.

What TOPIK level is 평평하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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