생소하다 Korean adjective conjugation
unfamiliar
Every form of 생소하다 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
- 생소한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 생소해
- -으니Since
- 생소하니
- 합니다Formal
- 생소합니다
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 | 생소해요 | 생소합니다 | 생소해 | 생소하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 생소했어요 | 생소했습니다 | 생소했어 | 생소했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 생소하겠어요 | 생소하겠습니다 | 생소하겠어 | 생소하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 생소할 거예요 | 생소할 것입니다 | 생소할 거야 | 생소할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 생소해요? | 생소합니까? | 생소해? | 생소하니? |
| 과거Past | 생소했어요? | 생소했습니까? | 생소했어? | 생소했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 생소해요 | 안 생소합니다 | 안 생소해 | 안 생소하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 생소하지 않아요 | 생소하지 않습니다 | 생소하지 않아 | 생소하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 생소하세요 | 생소하십니다 | 생소하셔 | 생소하시다 |
| 과거Past | 생소하셨어요 | 생소하셨습니다 | 생소하셨어 | 생소하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 생소한
- 과거Past
- 생소한
- 미래Future
- 생소할
- 회상Used to
- 생소하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 생소하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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