싱겁다

to be bland, not salty

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
싱거운
아/어Infinitive
싱거워
-으니Since
싱거우니
합니다Formal
싱겁습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 싱거워요싱겁습니다싱거워싱겁다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 싱거웠어요싱거웠습니다싱거웠어싱거웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 싱겁겠어요싱겁겠습니다싱겁겠어싱겁겠다
-을 것이다Going to 싱거울 거예요싱거울 것입니다싱거울 거야싱거울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싱거워요?싱겁습니까?싱거워?싱거우니?
과거Past 싱거웠어요?싱거웠습니까?싱거웠어?싱거웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 싱거워요안 싱겁습니다안 싱거워안 싱겁다
-지 않다Not (long) 싱겁지 않아요싱겁지 않습니다싱겁지 않아싱겁지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 싱거우세요싱거우십니다싱거우셔싱거우시다
과거Past 싱거우셨어요싱거우셨습니다싱거우셨어싱거우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
싱거운
과거Past
싱거운
미래Future
싱거울
회상Used to
싱겁던

Joining clauses

-고and
싱겁고
-게-ly / so that
싱겁게
-어서so / and then
싱거워서
-으니까since
싱거우니까
-으면if / when
싱거우면
-지만but
싱겁지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
싱거운데
-어도even if
싱거워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

싱겁긴, 꽃 말야 시들시들하네

It's not doing so well.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 싱겁다 in Korean?

싱겁다 (to be bland, not salty) is 싱거워요 in the polite 해요체, 싱겁습니다 in formal 합니다체, 싱거워 in casual 반말 and 싱겁다 in the plain written style. The past is 싱거웠어요.

What is the past tense of 싱겁다?

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

Is 싱겁다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 싱거워 and 싱거우니 but unchanged in 싱겁습니다.

What TOPIK level is 싱겁다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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