시퍼렇다 Korean adjective conjugation

to have a sharp edge

Every form of 시퍼렇다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
시퍼런
아/어Infinitive
시퍼레
-으니Since
시퍼러니
합니다Formal
시퍼렇습니다

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 시퍼레요시퍼렇습니다시퍼레시퍼렇다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 시퍼렜어요시퍼렜습니다시퍼렜어시퍼렜다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 시퍼렇겠어요시퍼렇겠습니다시퍼렇겠어시퍼렇겠다
-을 것이다Going to 시퍼럴 거예요시퍼럴 것입니다시퍼럴 거야시퍼럴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 시퍼레요?시퍼렇습니까?시퍼레?시퍼러니?
과거Past 시퍼렜어요?시퍼렜습니까?시퍼렜어?시퍼렜니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 시퍼레요안 시퍼렇습니다안 시퍼레안 시퍼렇다
-지 않다Not (long) 시퍼렇지 않아요시퍼렇지 않습니다시퍼렇지 않아시퍼렇지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 시퍼러세요시퍼러십니다시퍼러셔시퍼러시다
과거Past 시퍼러셨어요시퍼러셨습니다시퍼러셨어시퍼러셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
시퍼런
과거Past
시퍼런
미래Future
시퍼럴
회상Used to
시퍼렇던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
시퍼렇고
-게-ly / so that
시퍼렇게
-어서so / and then
시퍼레서
-으니까since
시퍼러니까
-으면if / when
시퍼러면
-지만but
시퍼렇지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
시퍼런데
-어도even if
시퍼레도

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.

바람 속에 시퍼런 칼이 있어

And there's a sharp sword in the wind.

내가 눈 시퍼렇게 뜨고 지킬게

It's the law. Idiots like me are here to enforce it.

딱해라, 얼굴이 시퍼렇게 질렸구만

You poor thing. Pale as a ghost, you were.

너도 나무처럼 시퍼래지고 싶지 않으면 입 닫지?

If you don't want to also become livid like the tree, shut up.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 시퍼렇다 in Korean?

시퍼렇다 (to have a sharp edge) is 시퍼레요 in the polite 해요체, 시퍼렇습니다 in formal 합니다체, 시퍼레 in casual 반말 and 시퍼렇다 in the plain written style. The past is 시퍼렜어요.

What is the past tense of 시퍼렇다?

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

Is 시퍼렇다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 시퍼레 and 시퍼러니 but unchanged in 시퍼렇습니다.

What TOPIK level is 시퍼렇다?

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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