소박하다

simple, plain

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
소박한
아/어Infinitive
소박해
-으니Since
소박하니
합니다Formal
소박합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 소박해요소박합니다소박해소박하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 소박했어요소박했습니다소박했어소박했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 소박하겠어요소박하겠습니다소박하겠어소박하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 소박할 거예요소박할 것입니다소박할 거야소박할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소박해요?소박합니까?소박해?소박하니?
과거Past 소박했어요?소박했습니까?소박했어?소박했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 소박해요안 소박합니다안 소박해안 소박하다
-지 않다Not (long) 소박하지 않아요소박하지 않습니다소박하지 않아소박하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소박하세요소박하십니다소박하셔소박하시다
과거Past 소박하셨어요소박하셨습니다소박하셨어소박하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
소박한
과거Past
소박한
미래Future
소박할
회상Used to
소박하던

Joining clauses

-고and
소박하고
-게-ly / so that
소박하게
-어서so / and then
소박해서
-으니까since
소박하니까
-으면if / when
소박하면
-지만but
소박하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
소박한데
-어도even if
소박해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

다른 편으로는 한 여자라는 소박한 현실이 있죠.

And in my other, I hold the humbling reality that I am just one woman.

소박함을 유지하려 노력하죠

We do our best to keep it simple.

그들은 부모님에게 소박한 옷을 달라고 요구를 하고 있죠

And even better, they want their parents to provide homespun clothes,

가진 건 별로 없었지만 별과 달, 소박한 음식과 가족이 있었어요.

We didn't have much, but we had the moon and the stars, simple food, each other.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 소박하다 in Korean?

소박하다 (simple, plain) is 소박해요 in the polite 해요체, 소박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 소박해 in casual 반말 and 소박하다 in the plain written style. The past is 소박했어요.

What is the past tense of 소박하다?

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

Is 소박하다 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 소박하여 and 소박하니 but unchanged in 소박합니다.

What TOPIK level is 소박하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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