겸손하다

Korean

Etymology

겸손(謙遜) (gyeomson) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹msʰo̞nɦa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [겸손하다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeomsonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeomsonhada
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏmsonhada
Yale Romanization?	kyemson.hata

Adjective

겸손하다 • (gyeomsonhada) (infinitive 겸손해 or 겸손하여, sequential 겸손하니)

1. (to be) modest, humble

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 겸손하다 (gyeomsonhada): vowel-stem, 하(ha)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	겸손하다 gyeomsonhada	겸손해 gyeomsonhae	겸손해요 gyeomsonhaeyo	겸손합니다 gyeomsonhamnida
	Past	겸손했다 gyeomsonhaetda	겸손했어 gyeomsonhaesseo	겸손했어요 gyeomsonhaesseoyo	겸손했습니다 gyeomsonhaetseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	겸손하냐 gyeomsonhanya	겸손해 gyeomsonhae	겸손해요 gyeomsonhaeyo	겸손합니까 gyeomsonhamnikka
	Past	겸손했냐 gyeomsonhaennya	겸손했어 gyeomsonhaesseo	겸손했어요 gyeomsonhaesseoyo	겸손했습니까 gyeomsonhaetseumnikka
Assertive		겸손하겠다 gyeomsonhagetda	겸손하겠어 gyeomsonhagesseo	겸손하겠어요 gyeomsonhagesseoyo	겸손하겠습니다 gyeomsonhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		겸손해 gyeomsonhae	겸손해서, 겸손하여서 gyeomsonhaeseo, gyeomsonhayeoseo	겸손하니 gyeomsonhani	겸손하니까 gyeomsonhanikka
Contrast		겸손하지만 gyeomsonhajiman	겸손한데 gyeomsonhande	겸손하더니 gyeomsonhadeoni
Conjunction		겸손하고 gyeomsonhago
Condition		겸손하면 gyeomsonhamyeon	겸손해야, 겸손하여야 gyeomsonhaeya, gyeomsonhayeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		겸손함 gyeomsonham	겸손하기 gyeomsonhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		겸손했음, 겸손하였음 gyeomsonhaesseum, gyeomsonhayeosseum	겸손했기, 겸손하였기 gyeomsonhaetgi, gyeomsonhayeotgi
Determiners	Present		겸손한 gyeomsonhan
	Future		겸손할 gyeomsonhal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	겸손하시다 gyeomsonhasida	겸손하셔 gyeomsonhasyeo	겸손하세요, 겸손하셔요 gyeomsonhaseyo, gyeomsonhasyeoyo	겸손하십니다 gyeomsonhasimnida
	Past	겸손하셨다 gyeomsonhasyeotda	겸손하셨어 gyeomsonhasyeosseo	겸손하셨어요 gyeomsonhasyeosseoyo	겸손하셨습니다 gyeomsonhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	겸손하시냐 gyeomsonhasinya	겸손하셔 gyeomsonhasyeo	겸손하세요, 겸손하셔요 gyeomsonhaseyo, gyeomsonhasyeoyo	겸손하십니까 gyeomsonhasimnikka
	Past	겸손하셨냐 gyeomsonhasyeonnya	겸손하셨어 gyeomsonhasyeosseo	겸손하셨어요 gyeomsonhasyeosseoyo	겸손하셨습니까 gyeomsonhasyeotseumnikka
Assertive		겸손하시겠다 gyeomsonhasigetda	겸손하시겠어 gyeomsonhasigesseo	겸손하시겠어요 gyeomsonhasigesseoyo	겸손하시겠습니다 gyeomsonhasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		겸손하셔 gyeomsonhasyeo	겸손하셔서 gyeomsonhasyeoseo	겸손하시니 gyeomsonhasini	겸손하시니까 gyeomsonhasinikka
Contrast		겸손하시지만 gyeomsonhasijiman	겸손하신데 gyeomsonhasinde	겸손하시더니 gyeomsonhasideoni
Conjunction		겸손하시고 gyeomsonhasigo
Condition		겸손하시면 gyeomsonhasimyeon	겸손하셔야 gyeomsonhasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		겸손하심 gyeomsonhasim	겸손하시기 gyeomsonhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		겸손하셨음 gyeomsonhasyeosseum	겸손하셨기 gyeomsonhasyeotgi
Determiners	Present		겸손하신 gyeomsonhasin
	Future		겸손하실 gyeomsonhasil