삭막하다

be dim, vague

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
삭막한
아/어Infinitive
삭막해
-으니Since
삭막하니
합니다Formal
삭막합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 삭막해요삭막합니다삭막해삭막하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 삭막했어요삭막했습니다삭막했어삭막했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 삭막하겠어요삭막하겠습니다삭막하겠어삭막하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 삭막할 거예요삭막할 것입니다삭막할 거야삭막할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 삭막해요?삭막합니까?삭막해?삭막하니?
과거Past 삭막했어요?삭막했습니까?삭막했어?삭막했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 삭막해요안 삭막합니다안 삭막해안 삭막하다
-지 않다Not (long) 삭막하지 않아요삭막하지 않습니다삭막하지 않아삭막하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 삭막하세요삭막하십니다삭막하셔삭막하시다
과거Past 삭막하셨어요삭막하셨습니다삭막하셨어삭막하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
삭막한
과거Past
삭막한
미래Future
삭막할
회상Used to
삭막하던

Joining clauses

-고and
삭막하고
-게-ly / so that
삭막하게
-어서so / and then
삭막해서
-으니까since
삭막하니까
-으면if / when
삭막하면
-지만but
삭막하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
삭막한데
-어도even if
삭막해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

삭막하게 그게 뭐니

Oh, come on. Don't be so unromantic.

사람들이 전부 아빠 같음 세상이 얼마나 삭막할까

Boy, what a world this would be if everyone thought like you!

하지만 배고픈 예술가가 없다면 세상이 얼마나 삭막하겠어요?

But then again where would we be without our starving artists?

삭막한 도시죠

It can be a hard place.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 삭막하다 in Korean?

삭막하다 (be dim, vague) is 삭막해요 in the polite 해요체, 삭막합니다 in formal 합니다체, 삭막해 in casual 반말 and 삭막하다 in the plain written style. The past is 삭막했어요.

What is the past tense of 삭막하다?

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

Is 삭막하다 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 삭막하여 and 삭막하니 but unchanged in 삭막합니다.

What TOPIK level is 삭막하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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