생소하다

unfamiliar

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
생소한
아/어Infinitive
생소해
-으니Since
생소하니
합니다Formal
생소합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 생소해요생소합니다생소해생소하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 생소했어요생소했습니다생소했어생소했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 생소하겠어요생소하겠습니다생소하겠어생소하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 생소할 거예요생소할 것입니다생소할 거야생소할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 생소해요?생소합니까?생소해?생소하니?
과거Past 생소했어요?생소했습니까?생소했어?생소했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 생소해요안 생소합니다안 생소해안 생소하다
-지 않다Not (long) 생소하지 않아요생소하지 않습니다생소하지 않아생소하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 생소하세요생소하십니다생소하셔생소하시다
과거Past 생소하셨어요생소하셨습니다생소하셨어생소하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
생소한
과거Past
생소한
미래Future
생소할
회상Used to
생소하던

Joining clauses

-고and
생소하고
-게-ly / so that
생소하게
-어서so / and then
생소해서
-으니까since
생소하니까
-으면if / when
생소하면
-지만but
생소하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
생소한데
-어도even if
생소해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아빠는 멀고 생소한 목소리로

Dad sounds different, far away.

그 이유로는 생소한 다른 생명체는 자기를 잡아먹으려 할지도 모르니까요.

And there's a good reason to be, because old stuff didn't eat you. Right?

그런데 흥미로웠던 점은 이런 질문이 그들에게 생소한 질문이었다는 것입니다.

But one interesting thing about it was, this was sort of an unusual question for them.

생소한 단어죠.

It's a mouthful to say.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 생소하다 in Korean?

생소하다 (unfamiliar) is 생소해요 in the polite 해요체, 생소합니다 in formal 합니다체, 생소해 in casual 반말 and 생소하다 in the plain written style. The past is 생소했어요.

What is the past tense of 생소하다?

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

Is 생소하다 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 생소하여 and 생소하니 but unchanged in 생소합니다.

What TOPIK level is 생소하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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