심오하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be profound, abstruse

Every form of 심오하다 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
심오한
아/어Infinitive
심오해
-으니Since
심오하니
합니다Formal
심오합니다

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 심오해요심오합니다심오해심오하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 심오했어요심오했습니다심오했어심오했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 심오하겠어요심오하겠습니다심오하겠어심오하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 심오할 거예요심오할 것입니다심오할 거야심오할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 심오해요?심오합니까?심오해?심오하니?
과거Past 심오했어요?심오했습니까?심오했어?심오했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 심오해요안 심오합니다안 심오해안 심오하다
-지 않다Not (long) 심오하지 않아요심오하지 않습니다심오하지 않아심오하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 심오하세요심오하십니다심오하셔심오하시다
과거Past 심오하셨어요심오하셨습니다심오하셨어심오하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
심오한
과거Past
심오한
미래Future
심오할
회상Used to
심오하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
심오하고
-게-ly / so that
심오하게
-어서so / and then
심오해서
-으니까since
심오하니까
-으면if / when
심오하면
-지만but
심오하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
심오한데
-어도even if
심오해도

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.

심오한 문제를 고민하나요?

Pondering deep questions?

어린아이치고는 참 심오한 생각이죠?

Pretty heavy thoughts for a child, right?

어느 종교든 심오하게 탐구하게 된다면

They're not things. They're impermanent. They're messy. They're impure.

실제 근원은 더 심오하고 더 놀랍습니다.

The real origin is much deeper and more amazing.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 심오하다 in Korean?

심오하다 (to be profound, abstruse) is 심오해요 in the polite 해요체, 심오합니다 in formal 합니다체, 심오해 in casual 반말 and 심오하다 in the plain written style. The past is 심오했어요.

What is the past tense of 심오하다?

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

Is 심오하다 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 심오하여 and 심오하니 but unchanged in 심오합니다.

What TOPIK level is 심오하다?

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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