인색해
een-sae-kae
To say stingy, tight-fisted, cheap politely in the present tense, use 인색해요 (een-sae-kae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 인색하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 인색해 een-sae-kae | 인색해요 een-sae-kae-yoh | 인색합니다 een-sae-kahm-nee-dah |
| Past | 인색했어 een-sae-kae-ssuh | 인색했어요 een-sae-kae-ssuh-yoh | 인색했습니다 een-sae-kae-sseum-nee-dah |
| Future | 인색할 거야 een-sae-kahl- -guh-yah | 인색할 거예요 een-sae-kahl- -guh-yae-yoh | 인색할 겁니다 een-sae-kahl- -guhm-nee-dah |