심심찮다

to be not infrequent

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
심심찮은
아/어Infinitive
심심찮아
-으니Since
심심찮으니
합니다Formal
심심찮습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 심심찮아요심심찮습니다심심찮아심심찮다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 심심찮았어요심심찮았습니다심심찮았어심심찮았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 심심찮겠어요심심찮겠습니다심심찮겠어심심찮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 심심찮을 거예요심심찮을 것입니다심심찮을 거야심심찮을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 심심찮아요?심심찮습니까?심심찮아?심심찮으니?
과거Past 심심찮았어요?심심찮았습니까?심심찮았어?심심찮았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 심심찮아요안 심심찮습니다안 심심찮아안 심심찮다
-지 않다Not (long) 심심찮지 않아요심심찮지 않습니다심심찮지 않아심심찮지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 심심찮으세요심심찮으십니다심심찮으셔심심찮으시다
과거Past 심심찮으셨어요심심찮으셨습니다심심찮으셨어심심찮으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
심심찮은
과거Past
심심찮은
미래Future
심심찮을
회상Used to
심심찮던

Joining clauses

-고and
심심찮고
-게-ly / so that
심심찮게
-어서so / and then
심심찮아서
-으니까since
심심찮으니까
-으면if / when
심심찮으면
-지만but
심심찮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
심심찮은데
-어도even if
심심찮아도

Sentence patterns

Common questions

How do you conjugate 심심찮다 in Korean?

심심찮다 (to be not infrequent) is 심심찮아요 in the polite 해요체, 심심찮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 심심찮아 in casual 반말 and 심심찮다 in the plain written style. The past is 심심찮았어요.

What is the past tense of 심심찮다?

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

Is 심심찮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 심심찮습니다, 심심찮아, 심심찮으니 all keep 심심찮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 심심찮다?

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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