새하얗다 Korean adjective conjugation
pure white, snow white
Every form of 새하얗다 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
- 새하얀
- 아/어Infinitive
- 새하얘
- -으니Since
- 새하야니
- 합니다Formal
- 새하얗습니다
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 | 새하얘요 | 새하얗습니다 | 새하얘 | 새하얗다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 새하얬어요 | 새하얬습니다 | 새하얬어 | 새하얬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 새하얗겠어요 | 새하얗겠습니다 | 새하얗겠어 | 새하얗겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 새하얄 거예요 | 새하얄 것입니다 | 새하얄 거야 | 새하얄 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새하얘요? | 새하얗습니까? | 새하얘? | 새하야니? |
| 과거Past | 새하얬어요? | 새하얬습니까? | 새하얬어? | 새하얬니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 새하얘요 | 안 새하얗습니다 | 안 새하얘 | 안 새하얗다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 새하얗지 않아요 | 새하얗지 않습니다 | 새하얗지 않아 | 새하얗지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새하야세요 | 새하야십니다 | 새하야셔 | 새하야시다 |
| 과거Past | 새하야셨어요 | 새하야셨습니다 | 새하야셨어 | 새하야셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 새하얀
- 과거Past
- 새하얀
- 미래Future
- 새하얄
- 회상Used to
- 새하얗던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 새하얗다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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