떳떳하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be honourable

Every form of 떳떳하다 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
떳떳한
아/어Infinitive
떳떳해
-으니Since
떳떳하니
합니다Formal
떳떳합니다

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 떳떳해요떳떳합니다떳떳해떳떳하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떳떳했어요떳떳했습니다떳떳했어떳떳했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떳떳하겠어요떳떳하겠습니다떳떳하겠어떳떳하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떳떳할 거예요떳떳할 것입니다떳떳할 거야떳떳할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떳떳해요?떳떳합니까?떳떳해?떳떳하니?
과거Past 떳떳했어요?떳떳했습니까?떳떳했어?떳떳했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 떳떳해요안 떳떳합니다안 떳떳해안 떳떳하다
-지 않다Not (long) 떳떳하지 않아요떳떳하지 않습니다떳떳하지 않아떳떳하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떳떳하세요떳떳하십니다떳떳하셔떳떳하시다
과거Past 떳떳하셨어요떳떳하셨습니다떳떳하셨어떳떳하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
떳떳한
과거Past
떳떳한
미래Future
떳떳할
회상Used to
떳떳하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
떳떳하고
-게-ly / so that
떳떳하게
-어서so / and then
떳떳해서
-으니까since
떳떳하니까
-으면if / when
떳떳하면
-지만but
떳떳하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떳떳한데
-어도even if
떳떳해도

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.

떳떳하게 살 거죠?

We'll live free and above-board?

떳떳한 승부를 원하오

Even war must be fair.

이 사람들은 떳떳해질 수 있습니다.

And the people can hold their heads up high.

알아요 중요한 일은 아니란 거 하지만 떳떳하죠

It's not an important job, but it's an honest job.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 떳떳하다 in Korean?

떳떳하다 (to be honourable) is 떳떳해요 in the polite 해요체, 떳떳합니다 in formal 합니다체, 떳떳해 in casual 반말 and 떳떳하다 in the plain written style. The past is 떳떳했어요.

What is the past tense of 떳떳하다?

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

Is 떳떳하다 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 떳떳하여 and 떳떳하니 but unchanged in 떳떳합니다.

What TOPIK level is 떳떳하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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