유사하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be similar

Every form of 유사하다 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
유사한
아/어Infinitive
유사해
-으니Since
유사하니
합니다Formal
유사합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유사해요유사합니다유사해유사하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유사했어요유사했습니다유사했어유사했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 유사하겠어요유사하겠습니다유사하겠어유사하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 유사할 거예요유사할 것입니다유사할 거야유사할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유사해요?유사합니까?유사해?유사하니?
과거Past 유사했어요?유사했습니까?유사했어?유사했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 유사해요안 유사합니다안 유사해안 유사하다
-지 않다Not (long) 유사하지 않아요유사하지 않습니다유사하지 않아유사하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유사하세요유사하십니다유사하셔유사하시다
과거Past 유사하셨어요유사하셨습니다유사하셨어유사하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
유사한
과거Past
유사한
미래Future
유사할
회상Used to
유사하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
유사하고
-게-ly / so that
유사하게
-어서so / and then
유사해서
-으니까since
유사하니까
-으면if / when
유사하면
-지만but
유사하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
유사한데
-어도even if
유사해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

이는 즐거움과 용기의 순간에 나타나는 모습과 매우 유사합니다.

It actually looks a lot like what happens in moments of joy and courage.

그렇죠? 빌리 밥 또는 빌리 배스 또는 그런 유사한 것입니다.

Billy-Bob, or Billy Bass, or something like that.

실제와 거의 유사합니다.

They're almost identical to real life.

위와 유사한 예를 들어 설명해보죠.

Let me try to explain it to you why with an analogy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 유사하다 in Korean?

유사하다 (to be similar) is 유사해요 in the polite 해요체, 유사합니다 in formal 합니다체, 유사해 in casual 반말 and 유사하다 in the plain written style. The past is 유사했어요.

What is the past tense of 유사하다?

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

Is 유사하다 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 유사하여 and 유사하니 but unchanged in 유사합니다.

What TOPIK level is 유사하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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