상이하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be different

Every form of 상이하다 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
상이한
아/어Infinitive
상이해
-으니Since
상이하니
합니다Formal
상이합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 상이해요상이합니다상이해상이하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 상이했어요상이했습니다상이했어상이했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 상이하겠어요상이하겠습니다상이하겠어상이하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 상이할 거예요상이할 것입니다상이할 거야상이할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상이해요?상이합니까?상이해?상이하니?
과거Past 상이했어요?상이했습니까?상이했어?상이했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 상이해요안 상이합니다안 상이해안 상이하다
-지 않다Not (long) 상이하지 않아요상이하지 않습니다상이하지 않아상이하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 상이하세요상이하십니다상이하셔상이하시다
과거Past 상이하셨어요상이하셨습니다상이하셨어상이하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
상이한
과거Past
상이한
미래Future
상이할
회상Used to
상이하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
상이하고
-게-ly / so that
상이하게
-어서so / and then
상이해서
-으니까since
상이하니까
-으면if / when
상이하면
-지만but
상이하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
상이한데
-어도even if
상이해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

또한 지금과는 상이하게 다른 정치 조직들이 존재하던 때였습니다.

They also had very different models of political organization than we do today.

충돌 결과로 지구와 달 사이에 매우 상이한 체계가 생겼습니다.

The outcome of that crash could have been a quite different Earth-Moon system.

상이한 개념들 간의 관계도를 만드는 것이라 할 수 있죠.

It's about mappings between different perceptual domains,

사람들의 면면을 살펴보면 제각기 표정이 상이하다.

If you look at the faces of people, they all have different expressions.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 상이하다 in Korean?

상이하다 (to be different) is 상이해요 in the polite 해요체, 상이합니다 in formal 합니다체, 상이해 in casual 반말 and 상이하다 in the plain written style. The past is 상이했어요.

What is the past tense of 상이하다?

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

Is 상이하다 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 상이하여 and 상이하니 but unchanged in 상이합니다.

What TOPIK level is 상이하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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