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따뜻하다 — warm

warm

Explanation

따뜻하다 means “warm.” This page gives the polite conversation set: present, past, future, progressive, desire (-고 싶어요), and a please form — not only the bare dictionary 다 form.

Conjugation notes for 따뜻하다: Regular X하다 pattern (해요 / 했어요 / 할 거예요).

Put 따뜻하다 in real frames with time (지금/어제/내일), place (학교/집/카페), and object particles when needed. Charts without sentences do not stick.

Drill path: say 따뜻해요 three times → full sentence with 지금 → switch to 따뜻했어요 with 어제 → 따뜻할 거예요 with 내일. Then open the interactive conjugator for any hesitation.

Next step: link a vocabulary leaf, a grammar ending page (-아요/어요, -고 있다), and keep speech levels consistent across the sentence.

따뜻하다 is taught here as “warm.” Learners often stop at a flashcard gloss; real fluency needs collocations, speech level, and one or two sentences you can actually say today.

Listen to the Hangul, shadow it once slowly, then once at natural speed. If romanization helps the first day, turn it off the second day so your eyes lock onto 따뜻하다, not Latin letters.

Connect this page to nearby Chamelingo lessons and tools. Isolated tips do not stick; a graph of vocabulary + grammar + speaking does. Use the related links at the bottom to keep walking the graph.

When you can explain “따뜻하다 — warm” in one plain English sentence and produce one new Korean example without looking, you are ready to move on — then review again within 24 hours.

Key lines to keep: Present: 따뜻해요 · Past: 따뜻했어요 · Future: 따뜻할 거예요 · Progressive: 따뜻하고 있어요. Copy one into your notes and reuse it in a different place or time expression tonight.

Examples

지금 따뜻해요

Right now — warm (present polite).

Default conversation form.

어제 따뜻했어요

Yesterday — warm (past polite).

내일 따뜻할 거예요

Tomorrow — will warm.

저는 따뜻하고 싶어요

I want to warm.

Mini dialogue

A: 지금 따뜻해요?

A: … right now? (warm)

B: 네, 따뜻하고 있어요

B: Yes — ongoing (warm).

Key lines

  • Present: 따뜻해요
  • Past: 따뜻했어요
  • Future: 따뜻할 거예요
  • Progressive: 따뜻하고 있어요
  • Want to: 따뜻하고 싶어요
  • Please: 따뜻해 주세요

Common mistakes

  • Do not attach 요 to the bare dictionary form 따뜻하다 without conjugating.
  • Do not mix speech levels mid-sentence — keep polite endings consistent.
  • Do not invent irregular forms for 따뜻하다 when a reliable conjugator disagrees.

How to practice

  1. Cover the table aloud: present → past → future → progressive.
  2. Write three original sentences with 따뜻하다 using time words.
  3. Open the interactive conjugator tool page and re-check any form you hesitated on.

Check yourself

Question 1 of 2

What is the present polite form of 따뜻하다?

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