새롭다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be new
Every form of 새롭다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 새로운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 새로워
- -으니Since
- 새로우니
- 합니다Formal
- 새롭습니다
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 | 새로워요 | 새롭습니다 | 새로워 | 새롭다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 새로웠어요 | 새로웠습니다 | 새로웠어 | 새로웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 새롭겠어요 | 새롭겠습니다 | 새롭겠어 | 새롭겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 새로울 거예요 | 새로울 것입니다 | 새로울 거야 | 새로울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새로워요? | 새롭습니까? | 새로워? | 새로우니? |
| 과거Past | 새로웠어요? | 새로웠습니까? | 새로웠어? | 새로웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 새로워요 | 안 새롭습니다 | 안 새로워 | 안 새롭다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 새롭지 않아요 | 새롭지 않습니다 | 새롭지 않아 | 새롭지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 새로우세요 | 새로우십니다 | 새로우셔 | 새로우시다 |
| 과거Past | 새로우셨어요 | 새로우셨습니다 | 새로우셨어 | 새로우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 새로운
- 과거Past
- 새로운
- 미래Future
- 새로울
- 회상Used to
- 새롭던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 새롭고
- -게-ly / so that
- 새롭게
- -어서so / and then
- 새로워서
- -으니까since
- 새로우니까
- -으면if / when
- 새로우면
- -지만but
- 새롭지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 새로운데
- -어도even if
- 새로워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 새롭다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이것을 하는 방법은 한 가지만이 아닙니다. 새로운 방법이 여러가지 있습니다.
There's not one single way of doing this, but there are a number of ways that are emerging.
새로운 방법이 있다면, 그것이 문제될 것은 없죠.
So there's really no problem if we had a new tool.
새로운 얼굴을 가질 거야
A new skin means a new face.
새로운 내가 마음에 들어
I like the new me.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 새롭다 in Korean?
새롭다 (to be new) is 새로워요 in the polite 해요체, 새롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 새로워 in casual 반말 and 새롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 새로웠어요.
What is the past tense of 새롭다?
새로웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 새로웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 새로워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 새롭다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 새로워 and 새로우니 but unchanged in 새롭습니다.
What TOPIK level is 새롭다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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