새까맣다 Korean adjective conjugation
pitch-black, coal-black, jet-black
Every form of 새까맣다 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
- 새까만
- 아/어Infinitive
- 새까매
- -으니Since
- 새까마니
- 합니다Formal
- 새까맣습니다
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 | 새까매요 | 새까맣습니다 | 새까매 | 새까맣다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 새까맸어요 | 새까맸습니다 | 새까맸어 | 새까맸다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 새까맣겠어요 | 새까맣겠습니다 | 새까맣겠어 | 새까맣겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 새까말 거예요 | 새까말 것입니다 | 새까말 거야 | 새까말 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새까매요? | 새까맣습니까? | 새까매? | 새까마니? |
| 과거Past | 새까맸어요? | 새까맸습니까? | 새까맸어? | 새까맸니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 새까매요 | 안 새까맣습니다 | 안 새까매 | 안 새까맣다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 새까맣지 않아요 | 새까맣지 않습니다 | 새까맣지 않아 | 새까맣지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새까마세요 | 새까마십니다 | 새까마셔 | 새까마시다 |
| 과거Past | 새까마셨어요 | 새까마셨습니다 | 새까마셨어 | 새까마셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 새까만
- 과거Past
- 새까만
- 미래Future
- 새까말
- 회상Used to
- 새까맣던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 새까맣고
- -게-ly / so that
- 새까맣게
- -어서so / and then
- 새까매서
- -으니까since
- 새까마니까
- -으면if / when
- 새까마면
- -지만but
- 새까맣지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 새까만데
- -어도even if
- 새까매도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 새까맣다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
새까만 머리를 그냥 두는 여자는요?
And women with their natural black hair?
이따금 아이의 새까만 눈동자는 타호 호수의 푸른 빛으로 변했고 다른 이들의 눈을 골똘히 바라보기도 했어요.
Her onyx eyes eventually turned the most stunning Lake Tahoe blue, and she loved using them to gaze intently into other people's eyes.
전 그게 무엇인지 압니다. 칠흑 같이 새까만 밤에 침대에 누워서 귀에 맴도는 파파파파팟 하는
And I know what it means to lie in bed in the pitch-black night and listen to that haunting "pop-pop-pop-pop-pop!"
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 새까맣다 in Korean?
새까맣다 (pitch-black, coal-black, jet-black) is 새까매요 in the polite 해요체, 새까맣습니다 in formal 합니다체, 새까매 in casual 반말 and 새까맣다 in the plain written style. The past is 새까맸어요.
What is the past tense of 새까맣다?
새까맸어요 in everyday polite speech, 새까맸습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 새까매 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 새까맣다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 새까매 and 새까마니 but unchanged in 새까맣습니다.
What TOPIK level is 새까맣다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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