얄팍하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be rather thin
Every form of 얄팍하다 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
- 얄팍한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 얄팍해
- -으니Since
- 얄팍하니
- 합니다Formal
- 얄팍합니다
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 | 얄팍해요 | 얄팍합니다 | 얄팍해 | 얄팍하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 얄팍했어요 | 얄팍했습니다 | 얄팍했어 | 얄팍했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 얄팍하겠어요 | 얄팍하겠습니다 | 얄팍하겠어 | 얄팍하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 얄팍할 거예요 | 얄팍할 것입니다 | 얄팍할 거야 | 얄팍할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 얄팍해요? | 얄팍합니까? | 얄팍해? | 얄팍하니? |
| 과거Past | 얄팍했어요? | 얄팍했습니까? | 얄팍했어? | 얄팍했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 얄팍해요 | 안 얄팍합니다 | 안 얄팍해 | 안 얄팍하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 얄팍하지 않아요 | 얄팍하지 않습니다 | 얄팍하지 않아 | 얄팍하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 얄팍하세요 | 얄팍하십니다 | 얄팍하셔 | 얄팍하시다 |
| 과거Past | 얄팍하셨어요 | 얄팍하셨습니다 | 얄팍하셨어 | 얄팍하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 얄팍한
- 과거Past
- 얄팍한
- 미래Future
- 얄팍할
- 회상Used to
- 얄팍하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 얄팍하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 얄팍하게
- -어서so / and then
- 얄팍해서
- -으니까since
- 얄팍하니까
- -으면if / when
- 얄팍하면
- -지만but
- 얄팍하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 얄팍한데
- -어도even if
- 얄팍해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 얄팍하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
생각이 얄팍하신 분들께는 지금 아침의 일이 그 이야기가 되겠죠.
To those of you who are shallow, the events of this morning will be that story.
그런 닥터 지즈머가 이제는 그 얄팍한 시술을 접는다고 합니다.
But now he is foregoing these superficial services.
하찮은 것에 목매고 얄팍한 짓이나 하며 정신없이 사는 한심한 놈들이지
All of them in a big hurry to get from something stupid, to nothing at all.
지금 이런 소셜 미디어의 시대에, 이런 방식은 우리의 가치를 표현하기에는 김빠지고 얄팍한 방식이죠.
This is a rather anemic and thin way, in this era of social media, for us to actually express our values.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 얄팍하다 in Korean?
얄팍하다 (to be rather thin) is 얄팍해요 in the polite 해요체, 얄팍합니다 in formal 합니다체, 얄팍해 in casual 반말 and 얄팍하다 in the plain written style. The past is 얄팍했어요.
What is the past tense of 얄팍하다?
얄팍했어요 in everyday polite speech, 얄팍했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 얄팍하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 얄팍하다 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 얄팍하여 and 얄팍하니 but unchanged in 얄팍합니다.
What TOPIK level is 얄팍하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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