미적지근하다

Korean

Etymology

미적지근 (mijeokjigeun) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mid͡ʑʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈iɡɯnɦa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [미적찌근하다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mijeokjigeunhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mijeogjigeunhada
McCune–Reischauer?	mijŏkchigŭnhada
Yale Romanization?	micekcikun.hata

Adjective

미적지근하다 • (mijeokjigeunhada) (infinitive 미적지근해 or 미적지근하여, sequential 미적지근하니)

1. (more often figurative) to be lukewarm

   선배를 연락했지만 반응은 미적지근했다.

   Seonbae-reul yeollak-haetjiman baneung-eun mijeokjigeun-haetda.

   I contacted my upperclassman, but his responses were lukewarm.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 미적지근하다 (mijeokjigeunhada): 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	미적지근하다 mijeokjigeunhada	미적지근해 mijeokjigeunhae	미적지근해요 mijeokjigeunhaeyo	미적지근합니다 mijeokjigeunhamnida
	Past	미적지근했다 mijeokjigeunhaetda	미적지근했어 mijeokjigeunhaesseo	미적지근했어요 mijeokjigeunhaesseoyo	미적지근했습니다 mijeokjigeunhaetseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	미적지근하냐 mijeokjigeunhanya	미적지근해 mijeokjigeunhae	미적지근해요 mijeokjigeunhaeyo	미적지근합니까 mijeokjigeunhamnikka
	Past	미적지근했냐 mijeokjigeunhaennya	미적지근했어 mijeokjigeunhaesseo	미적지근했어요 mijeokjigeunhaesseoyo	미적지근했습니까 mijeokjigeunhaetseumnikka
Assertive		미적지근하겠다 mijeokjigeunhagetda	미적지근하겠어 mijeokjigeunhagesseo	미적지근하겠어요 mijeokjigeunhagesseoyo	미적지근하겠습니다 mijeokjigeunhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		미적지근해 mijeokjigeunhae	미적지근해서, 미적지근하여서 mijeokjigeunhaeseo, mijeokjigeunhayeoseo	미적지근하니 mijeokjigeunhani	미적지근하니까 mijeokjigeunhanikka
Contrast		미적지근하지만 mijeokjigeunhajiman	미적지근한데 mijeokjigeunhande	미적지근하더니 mijeokjigeunhadeoni
Conjunction		미적지근하고 mijeokjigeunhago
Condition		미적지근하면 mijeokjigeunhamyeon	미적지근해야, 미적지근하여야 mijeokjigeunhaeya, mijeokjigeunhayeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		미적지근함 mijeokjigeunham	미적지근하기 mijeokjigeunhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		미적지근했음, 미적지근하였음 mijeokjigeunhaesseum, mijeokjigeunhayeosseum	미적지근했기, 미적지근하였기 mijeokjigeunhaetgi, mijeokjigeunhayeotgi
Determiners	Present		미적지근한 mijeokjigeunhan
	Future		미적지근할 mijeokjigeunhal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	미적지근하시다 mijeokjigeunhasida	미적지근하셔 mijeokjigeunhasyeo	미적지근하세요, 미적지근하셔요 mijeokjigeunhaseyo, mijeokjigeunhasyeoyo	미적지근하십니다 mijeokjigeunhasimnida
	Past	미적지근하셨다 mijeokjigeunhasyeotda	미적지근하셨어 mijeokjigeunhasyeosseo	미적지근하셨어요 mijeokjigeunhasyeosseoyo	미적지근하셨습니다 mijeokjigeunhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	미적지근하시냐 mijeokjigeunhasinya	미적지근하셔 mijeokjigeunhasyeo	미적지근하세요, 미적지근하셔요 mijeokjigeunhaseyo, mijeokjigeunhasyeoyo	미적지근하십니까 mijeokjigeunhasimnikka
	Past	미적지근하셨냐 mijeokjigeunhasyeonnya	미적지근하셨어 mijeokjigeunhasyeosseo	미적지근하셨어요 mijeokjigeunhasyeosseoyo	미적지근하셨습니까 mijeokjigeunhasyeotseumnikka
Assertive		미적지근하시겠다 mijeokjigeunhasigetda	미적지근하시겠어 mijeokjigeunhasigesseo	미적지근하시겠어요 mijeokjigeunhasigesseoyo	미적지근하시겠습니다 mijeokjigeunhasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		미적지근하셔 mijeokjigeunhasyeo	미적지근하셔서 mijeokjigeunhasyeoseo	미적지근하시니 mijeokjigeunhasini	미적지근하시니까 mijeokjigeunhasinikka
Contrast		미적지근하시지만 mijeokjigeunhasijiman	미적지근하신데 mijeokjigeunhasinde	미적지근하시더니 mijeokjigeunhasideoni
Conjunction		미적지근하시고 mijeokjigeunhasigo
Condition		미적지근하시면 mijeokjigeunhasimyeon	미적지근하셔야 mijeokjigeunhasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		미적지근하심 mijeokjigeunhasim	미적지근하시기 mijeokjigeunhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		미적지근하셨음 mijeokjigeunhasyeosseum	미적지근하셨기 mijeokjigeunhasyeotgi
Determiners	Present		미적지근하신 mijeokjigeunhasin
	Future		미적지근하실 mijeokjigeunhasil

Related terms

• 미지근하다 (mijigeunhada, “to be tepid, to be lukewarm”)