새콤하다

to be sourish

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
새콤한
아/어Infinitive
새콤해
-으니Since
새콤하니
합니다Formal
새콤합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 새콤해요새콤합니다새콤해새콤하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 새콤했어요새콤했습니다새콤했어새콤했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 새콤하겠어요새콤하겠습니다새콤하겠어새콤하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 새콤할 거예요새콤할 것입니다새콤할 거야새콤할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새콤해요?새콤합니까?새콤해?새콤하니?
과거Past 새콤했어요?새콤했습니까?새콤했어?새콤했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 새콤해요안 새콤합니다안 새콤해안 새콤하다
-지 않다Not (long) 새콤하지 않아요새콤하지 않습니다새콤하지 않아새콤하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 새콤하세요새콤하십니다새콤하셔새콤하시다
과거Past 새콤하셨어요새콤하셨습니다새콤하셨어새콤하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
새콤한
과거Past
새콤한
미래Future
새콤할
회상Used to
새콤하던

Joining clauses

-고and
새콤하고
-게-ly / so that
새콤하게
-어서so / and then
새콤해서
-으니까since
새콤하니까
-으면if / when
새콤하면
-지만but
새콤하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
새콤한데
-어도even if
새콤해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

오렌지 크레이프가 새콤하고 진짜 맛있대

The orange crepe is supposed to be sour and amazing.

우리 둘 다 새콤한 오렌지를 좋아하게 됐어

We both fell in love with the same sour orange.

내가 좋아하는 새콤한 오렌지만 먹으면 돼 그럼 완전히 회복할 거야

All I need to do is eat my favorite sour oranges and I'll be good as new!

새콤한 체리 맛 풍선껌 한 팩을 훔쳤어요

I stole a pack of Sour Cherry Bubblicious.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 새콤하다 in Korean?

새콤하다 (to be sourish) is 새콤해요 in the polite 해요체, 새콤합니다 in formal 합니다체, 새콤해 in casual 반말 and 새콤하다 in the plain written style. The past is 새콤했어요.

What is the past tense of 새콤하다?

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

Is 새콤하다 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 새콤하여 and 새콤하니 but unchanged in 새콤합니다.

What TOPIK level is 새콤하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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