얌전하다

gentle, meek, obedient

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얌전한
아/어Infinitive
얌전해
-으니Since
얌전하니
합니다Formal
얌전합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얌전해요얌전합니다얌전해얌전하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얌전했어요얌전했습니다얌전했어얌전했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얌전하겠어요얌전하겠습니다얌전하겠어얌전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얌전할 거예요얌전할 것입니다얌전할 거야얌전할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얌전해요?얌전합니까?얌전해?얌전하니?
과거Past 얌전했어요?얌전했습니까?얌전했어?얌전했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얌전해요안 얌전합니다안 얌전해안 얌전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 얌전하지 않아요얌전하지 않습니다얌전하지 않아얌전하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얌전하세요얌전하십니다얌전하셔얌전하시다
과거Past 얌전하셨어요얌전하셨습니다얌전하셨어얌전하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얌전한
과거Past
얌전한
미래Future
얌전할
회상Used to
얌전하던

Joining clauses

-고and
얌전하고
-게-ly / so that
얌전하게
-어서so / and then
얌전해서
-으니까since
얌전하니까
-으면if / when
얌전하면
-지만but
얌전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얌전한데
-어도even if
얌전해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

몸가짐이 얌전하다

to behave well

같은 맥락으로 다리를 꼬거나 머리를 얌전하게 하고 혀를 깨물면서 자신감을 감추도록 교육받았습니다.

In the same way that we learned to cross our legs and tame our hair, we learned to bite our tongues and swallow our pride.

사람들은 저를 "순둥이"라고 했어요. 얌전하고 악이 없는 소년이라고요.

They used to call me Softy, meaning the soft, harmless boy.

예를 들어 건전지가 안보여서 찾을 때 얌전하게 건전지가 어디 있는지 보여줄 겁니다.

And when, for example, I'm looking for a battery that I can't find, in a subtle way, it'll show me where the battery is.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얌전하다 in Korean?

얌전하다 (gentle, meek, obedient) is 얌전해요 in the polite 해요체, 얌전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 얌전해 in casual 반말 and 얌전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 얌전했어요.

What is the past tense of 얌전하다?

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

Is 얌전하다 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 얌전하여 and 얌전하니 but unchanged in 얌전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 얌전하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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