살벌하다
to be harsh, brutal
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 살벌한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 살벌해
- -으니Since
- 살벌하니
- 합니다Formal
- 살벌합니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 살벌해요 | 살벌합니다 | 살벌해 | 살벌하다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 살벌했어요 | 살벌했습니다 | 살벌했어 | 살벌했다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 살벌하겠어요 | 살벌하겠습니다 | 살벌하겠어 | 살벌하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 살벌할 거예요 | 살벌할 것입니다 | 살벌할 거야 | 살벌할 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 살벌해요? | 살벌합니까? | 살벌해? | 살벌하니? |
| 과거Past | 살벌했어요? | 살벌했습니까? | 살벌했어? | 살벌했니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 살벌해요 | 안 살벌합니다 | 안 살벌해 | 안 살벌하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 살벌하지 않아요 | 살벌하지 않습니다 | 살벌하지 않아 | 살벌하지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 살벌하세요 | 살벌하십니다 | 살벌하셔 | 살벌하시다 |
| 과거Past | 살벌하셨어요 | 살벌하셨습니다 | 살벌하셨어 | 살벌하셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 살벌한
- 과거Past
- 살벌한
- 미래Future
- 살벌할
- 회상Used to
- 살벌하던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 살벌하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 살벌하게
- -어서so / and then
- 살벌해서
- -으니까since
- 살벌하니까
- -으면if / when
- 살벌하면
- -지만but
- 살벌하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 살벌한데
- -어도even if
- 살벌해도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 살벌하다
In real sentences
평가가 역시나 굉장히 살벌했습니다.
As expected, the evaluation was quite brutal.
진짜 살벌하네요
You need to see this.
아, 보셨다시피 제가 다시 살벌한 지휘자가 되었군요
There I am like a bloody windmill again, you see.
살벌한 물건들 좀 조심해서 다뤄요
Careful with those bloody things.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 살벌하다 in Korean?
살벌하다 (to be harsh, brutal) is 살벌해요 in the polite 해요체, 살벌합니다 in formal 합니다체, 살벌해 in casual 반말 and 살벌하다 in the plain written style. The past is 살벌했어요.
What is the past tense of 살벌하다?
살벌했어요 in everyday polite speech, 살벌했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 살벌하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 살벌하다 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 살벌하여 and 살벌하니 but unchanged in 살벌합니다.
What TOPIK level is 살벌하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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