얕다

to be shallow

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얕은
아/어Infinitive
얕아
-으니Since
얕으니
합니다Formal
얕습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얕아요얕습니다얕아얕다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얕았어요얕았습니다얕았어얕았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얕겠어요얕겠습니다얕겠어얕겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얕을 거예요얕을 것입니다얕을 거야얕을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얕아요?얕습니까?얕아?얕으니?
과거Past 얕았어요?얕았습니까?얕았어?얕았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얕아요안 얕습니다안 얕아안 얕다
-지 않다Not (long) 얕지 않아요얕지 않습니다얕지 않아얕지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얕으세요얕으십니다얕으셔얕으시다
과거Past 얕으셨어요얕으셨습니다얕으셨어얕으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얕은
과거Past
얕은
미래Future
얕을
회상Used to
얕던

Joining clauses

-고and
얕고
-게-ly / so that
얕게
-어서so / and then
얕아서
-으니까since
얕으니까
-으면if / when
얕으면
-지만but
얕지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얕은데
-어도even if
얕아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

숨이 점점 얕아졌죠

His breath got shallow.

바깥은 깊고, 이 쪽이 얕아요

Out there is deep. Through here is shallow.

사람이 묻힌 두 얕은 무덤을 발견했어

They found two shallow graves with human remains.

그것은 인도-태평양 지역의 얕은 물에서 발견된다.

It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얕다 in Korean?

얕다 (to be shallow) is 얕아요 in the polite 해요체, 얕습니다 in formal 합니다체, 얕아 in casual 반말 and 얕다 in the plain written style. The past is 얕았어요.

What is the past tense of 얕다?

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

Is 얕다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얕습니다, 얕아, 얕으니 all keep 얕 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얕다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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