엷다

thin

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엷은
아/어Infinitive
엷어
-으니Since
엷으니
합니다Formal
엷습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엷어요엷습니다엷어엷다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엷었어요엷었습니다엷었어엷었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엷겠어요엷겠습니다엷겠어엷겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엷을 거예요엷을 것입니다엷을 거야엷을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엷어요?엷습니까?엷어?엷으니?
과거Past 엷었어요?엷었습니까?엷었어?엷었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엷어요안 엷습니다안 엷어안 엷다
-지 않다Not (long) 엷지 않아요엷지 않습니다엷지 않아엷지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엷으세요엷으십니다엷으셔엷으시다
과거Past 엷으셨어요엷으셨습니다엷으셨어엷으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엷은
과거Past
엷은
미래Future
엷을
회상Used to
엷던

Joining clauses

-고and
엷고
-게-ly / so that
엷게
-어서so / and then
엷어서
-으니까since
엷으니까
-으면if / when
엷으면
-지만but
엷지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엷은데
-어도even if
엷어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

벽이 이렇게 엷은 녹색인 게 보이시죠.

You can kind of see, on the walls are this light green.

오케이, 내 이름은 제미니고 엷은 핑크를 좋아하지

Okay, I'm a Gemini. My favorite color's pale pink.

여기 엷은 회색선이 모형인데, 그 대답은 이 모델이 앞서 말한 모든 것을 다 포함한 것이죠.

Here's the model in this light gray, and the answer is a model that includes, it's the answer E on that SAT, all of the above.

하늘을 우러러보았다. 엷파란 옷감으로 덮인 듯 했다.

I looked up towards the sky. It seemed as if it were covered by a pale blue cloth.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엷다 in Korean?

엷다 (thin) is 엷어요 in the polite 해요체, 엷습니다 in formal 합니다체, 엷어 in casual 반말 and 엷다 in the plain written style. The past is 엷었어요.

What is the past tense of 엷다?

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

Is 엷다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엷습니다, 엷어, 엷으니 all keep 엷 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엷다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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