숱하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be plentiful
Every form of 숱하다 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
- 숱한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 숱해
- -으니Since
- 숱하니
- 합니다Formal
- 숱합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 숱해요 | 숱합니다 | 숱해 | 숱하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 숱했어요 | 숱했습니다 | 숱했어 | 숱했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 숱하겠어요 | 숱하겠습니다 | 숱하겠어 | 숱하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 숱할 거예요 | 숱할 것입니다 | 숱할 거야 | 숱할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 숱해요? | 숱합니까? | 숱해? | 숱하니? |
| 과거Past | 숱했어요? | 숱했습니까? | 숱했어? | 숱했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 숱해요 | 안 숱합니다 | 안 숱해 | 안 숱하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 숱하지 않아요 | 숱하지 않습니다 | 숱하지 않아 | 숱하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 숱하세요 | 숱하십니다 | 숱하셔 | 숱하시다 |
| 과거Past | 숱하셨어요 | 숱하셨습니다 | 숱하셨어 | 숱하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 숱한
- 과거Past
- 숱한
- 미래Future
- 숱할
- 회상Used to
- 숱하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 숱하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 숱하게
- -어서so / and then
- 숱해서
- -으니까since
- 숱하니까
- -으면if / when
- 숱하면
- -지만but
- 숱하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 숱한데
- -어도even if
- 숱해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 숱하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그럼에도 불구하고, 이전에 숱하게 그랬던 것처럼 저는 제 얼굴에 흘러내리는 눈물을 느꼈습니다.
But nonetheless, just like hundreds of times before, I felt the tears roll down my face.
숱한 결근에 대해 회사에 할 말도 없어졌습니다. 충혈된 눈으로 매일 밤을 그리고 수개월을 일했습니다.
And he soon ran out of excuses to explain his many absences, as he worked red-eyed, night after night, month after month.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 숱하다 in Korean?
숱하다 (to be plentiful) is 숱해요 in the polite 해요체, 숱합니다 in formal 합니다체, 숱해 in casual 반말 and 숱하다 in the plain written style. The past is 숱했어요.
What is the past tense of 숱하다?
숱했어요 in everyday polite speech, 숱했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 숱하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 숱하다 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 숱하여 and 숱하니 but unchanged in 숱합니다.
What TOPIK level is 숱하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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