똑같다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be the same

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 똑같다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
똑같은
아/어Infinitive
똑같아
-으니Since
똑같으니
합니다Formal
똑같습니다

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 똑같아요똑같습니다똑같아똑같다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 똑같았어요똑같았습니다똑같았어똑같았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 똑같겠어요똑같겠습니다똑같겠어똑같겠다
-을 것이다Going to 똑같을 거예요똑같을 것입니다똑같을 거야똑같을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 똑같아요?똑같습니까?똑같아?똑같으니?
과거Past 똑같았어요?똑같았습니까?똑같았어?똑같았니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 똑같아요안 똑같습니다안 똑같아안 똑같다
-지 않다Not (long) 똑같지 않아요똑같지 않습니다똑같지 않아똑같지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 똑같으세요똑같으십니다똑같으셔똑같으시다
과거Past 똑같으셨어요똑같으셨습니다똑같으셨어똑같으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
똑같은
과거Past
똑같은
미래Future
똑같을
회상Used to
똑같던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
똑같고
-게-ly / so that
똑같게
-어서so / and then
똑같아서
-으니까since
똑같으니까
-으면if / when
똑같으면
-지만but
똑같지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
똑같은데
-어도even if
똑같아도

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.

그냥 제겐 다 똑같았어요.

It was all the same to me.

똑같은 옷을 입고 잠을 잤고

They slept in the same clothes.

이들이 늘 똑같지는 않습니다.

And they're not all the same.

우리도 똑같은 행동을 합니다.

And we do the exact same thing.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 똑같다 in Korean?

똑같다 (to be the same) is 똑같아요 in the polite 해요체, 똑같습니다 in formal 합니다체, 똑같아 in casual 반말 and 똑같다 in the plain written style. The past is 똑같았어요.

What is the past tense of 똑같다?

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

Is 똑같다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 똑같습니다, 똑같아, 똑같으니 all keep 똑같 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 똑같다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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