얇다

to be thin

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얇은
아/어Infinitive
얇아
-으니Since
얇으니
합니다Formal
얇습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얇아요얇습니다얇아얇다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얇았어요얇았습니다얇았어얇았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얇겠어요얇겠습니다얇겠어얇겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얇을 거예요얇을 것입니다얇을 거야얇을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얇아요?얇습니까?얇아?얇으니?
과거Past 얇았어요?얇았습니까?얇았어?얇았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얇아요안 얇습니다안 얇아안 얇다
-지 않다Not (long) 얇지 않아요얇지 않습니다얇지 않아얇지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얇으세요얇으십니다얇으셔얇으시다
과거Past 얇으셨어요얇으셨습니다얇으셨어얇으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얇은
과거Past
얇은
미래Future
얇을
회상Used to
얇던

Joining clauses

-고and
얇고
-게-ly / so that
얇게
-어서so / and then
얇아서
-으니까since
얇으니까
-으면if / when
얇으면
-지만but
얇지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얇은데
-어도even if
얇아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이처럼 얇은 형태, 중간 형태, 두꺼운 형태가 있습니다.

Here it is in the lightweight, the medium weight and the bold weight.

게다가 더 얇은 책을 읽도록 만들었죠.

It also led them to read shorter books.

그래도 그 얇은 막이 엄청난 역할을 합니다.

And that thin shell does an amazing amount of work, though.

길고 얇은 모양부터 짧고 굵은 모양까지 보시게 될 거예요.

You'll see them go from long and skinny to short and fat.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얇다 in Korean?

얇다 (to be thin) is 얇아요 in the polite 해요체, 얇습니다 in formal 합니다체, 얇아 in casual 반말 and 얇다 in the plain written style. The past is 얇았어요.

What is the past tense of 얇다?

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

Is 얇다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얇습니다, 얇아, 얇으니 all keep 얇 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얇다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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