순수하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be pure, unmixed

Every form of 순수하다 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
순수한
아/어Infinitive
순수해
-으니Since
순수하니
합니다Formal
순수합니다

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 순수해요순수합니다순수해순수하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 순수했어요순수했습니다순수했어순수했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 순수하겠어요순수하겠습니다순수하겠어순수하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 순수할 거예요순수할 것입니다순수할 거야순수할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 순수해요?순수합니까?순수해?순수하니?
과거Past 순수했어요?순수했습니까?순수했어?순수했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 순수해요안 순수합니다안 순수해안 순수하다
-지 않다Not (long) 순수하지 않아요순수하지 않습니다순수하지 않아순수하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 순수하세요순수하십니다순수하셔순수하시다
과거Past 순수하셨어요순수하셨습니다순수하셨어순수하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
순수한
과거Past
순수한
미래Future
순수할
회상Used to
순수하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
순수하고
-게-ly / so that
순수하게
-어서so / and then
순수해서
-으니까since
순수하니까
-으면if / when
순수하면
-지만but
순수하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
순수한데
-어도even if
순수해도

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.

저는 그 세계속에 있지만, 순수하고 무의식적으로 일합니다.

I'm in that world, but I work purely instinctively.

너무나 순수한 장면이죠.

It seems so innocent, right?

이보다 더 순수할 때가 있었을까요?

What could be more innocent than that?

내가 순수한 적이 없음을 이제 생각합니다.

I think now I never was pure.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 순수하다 in Korean?

순수하다 (to be pure, unmixed) is 순수해요 in the polite 해요체, 순수합니다 in formal 합니다체, 순수해 in casual 반말 and 순수하다 in the plain written style. The past is 순수했어요.

What is the past tense of 순수하다?

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

Is 순수하다 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 순수하여 and 순수하니 but unchanged in 순수합니다.

What TOPIK level is 순수하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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