새콤하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be sourish
Every form of 새콤하다 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
- 새콤한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 새콤해
- -으니Since
- 새콤하니
- 합니다Formal
- 새콤합니다
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 | 새콤해요 | 새콤합니다 | 새콤해 | 새콤하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 새콤했어요 | 새콤했습니다 | 새콤했어 | 새콤했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 새콤하겠어요 | 새콤하겠습니다 | 새콤하겠어 | 새콤하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 새콤할 거예요 | 새콤할 것입니다 | 새콤할 거야 | 새콤할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새콤해요? | 새콤합니까? | 새콤해? | 새콤하니? |
| 과거Past | 새콤했어요? | 새콤했습니까? | 새콤했어? | 새콤했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 새콤해요 | 안 새콤합니다 | 안 새콤해 | 안 새콤하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 새콤하지 않아요 | 새콤하지 않습니다 | 새콤하지 않아 | 새콤하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새콤하세요 | 새콤하십니다 | 새콤하셔 | 새콤하시다 |
| 과거Past | 새콤하셨어요 | 새콤하셨습니다 | 새콤하셨어 | 새콤하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 새콤한
- 과거Past
- 새콤한
- 미래Future
- 새콤할
- 회상Used to
- 새콤하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 새콤하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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