시원하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be refreshing

Every form of 시원하다 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
시원한
아/어Infinitive
시원해
-으니Since
시원하니
합니다Formal
시원합니다

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 시원해요시원합니다시원해시원하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 시원했어요시원했습니다시원했어시원했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 시원하겠어요시원하겠습니다시원하겠어시원하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 시원할 거예요시원할 것입니다시원할 거야시원할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 시원해요?시원합니까?시원해?시원하니?
과거Past 시원했어요?시원했습니까?시원했어?시원했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 시원해요안 시원합니다안 시원해안 시원하다
-지 않다Not (long) 시원하지 않아요시원하지 않습니다시원하지 않아시원하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 시원하세요시원하십니다시원하셔시원하시다
과거Past 시원하셨어요시원하셨습니다시원하셨어시원하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
시원한
과거Past
시원한
미래Future
시원할
회상Used to
시원하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
시원하고
-게-ly / so that
시원하게
-어서so / and then
시원해서
-으니까since
시원하니까
-으면if / when
시원하면
-지만but
시원하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
시원한데
-어도even if
시원해도

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.

캡틴 아메리카는 시원합니까?

Is Captain America cool?

속이 다 시원한걸요

But it felt good to say it.

끔찍해 - 이제 속 시원해?

Is that what you want me to say?

어, 여름의 산들바람처럼 시원해

No. Cool as a summer breeze.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 시원하다 in Korean?

시원하다 (to be refreshing) is 시원해요 in the polite 해요체, 시원합니다 in formal 합니다체, 시원해 in casual 반말 and 시원하다 in the plain written style. The past is 시원했어요.

What is the past tense of 시원하다?

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

Is 시원하다 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 시원하여 and 시원하니 but unchanged in 시원합니다.

What TOPIK level is 시원하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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