새하얗다

pure white, snow white

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
새하얀
아/어Infinitive
새하얘
-으니Since
새하야니
합니다Formal
새하얗습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 새하얘요새하얗습니다새하얘새하얗다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 새하얬어요새하얬습니다새하얬어새하얬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 새하얗겠어요새하얗겠습니다새하얗겠어새하얗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 새하얄 거예요새하얄 것입니다새하얄 거야새하얄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새하얘요?새하얗습니까?새하얘?새하야니?
과거Past 새하얬어요?새하얬습니까?새하얬어?새하얬니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 새하얘요안 새하얗습니다안 새하얘안 새하얗다
-지 않다Not (long) 새하얗지 않아요새하얗지 않습니다새하얗지 않아새하얗지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새하야세요새하야십니다새하야셔새하야시다
과거Past 새하야셨어요새하야셨습니다새하야셨어새하야셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
새하얀
과거Past
새하얀
미래Future
새하얄
회상Used to
새하얗던

Joining clauses

-고and
새하얗고
-게-ly / so that
새하얗게
-어서so / and then
새하얘서
-으니까since
새하야니까
-으면if / when
새하야면
-지만but
새하얗지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
새하얀데
-어도even if
새하얘도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

머리가 새하얘져 아무 생각도 할 수 없었어요. 마비 상태였습니다.

My mind went blank and couldn't think; it was paralyzed.

다른 신들은 그를 새하얗게 칠하고 깃털을 붙여 주었어요.

The other gods painted him chalky white and glued feathers to him.

순이는 상냥하게 새하얀 이빨을 드러내어 웃곤 샛문을 빠져나갔다.

Soon-i kindly revealed her white teeth with a smile and walked out the side door.

이들은 새하얗지만, 북극곰은 아닙니다.

It's pure white, but it's not a polar bear.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 새하얗다 in Korean?

새하얗다 (pure white, snow white) is 새하얘요 in the polite 해요체, 새하얗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 새하얘 in casual 반말 and 새하얗다 in the plain written style. The past is 새하얬어요.

What is the past tense of 새하얗다?

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

Is 새하얗다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 새하얗다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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