알차다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be substantial, meaningful

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 알차다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
알찬
아/어Infinitive
알차
-으니Since
알차니
합니다Formal
알찹니다

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 알차요알찹니다알차알차다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 알찼어요알찼습니다알찼어알찼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 알차겠어요알차겠습니다알차겠어알차겠다
-을 것이다Going to 알찰 거예요알찰 것입니다알찰 거야알찰 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 알차요?알찹니까?알차?알차니?
과거Past 알찼어요?알찼습니까?알찼어?알찼니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 알차요안 알찹니다안 알차안 알차다
-지 않다Not (long) 알차지 않아요알차지 않습니다알차지 않아알차지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 알차세요알차십니다알차셔알차시다
과거Past 알차셨어요알차셨습니다알차셨어알차셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
알찬
과거Past
알찬
미래Future
알찰
회상Used to
알차던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
알차고
-게-ly / so that
알차게
-어서so / and then
알차서
-으니까since
알차니까
-으면if / when
알차면
-지만but
알차지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
알찬데
-어도even if
알차도

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.

알차게 구성되어 있다

to be well-structured

알차게 여행하는 방법

how to make the most of a trip

인터뷰 자체가 알찬데 뭐

This is good. This is solid as it is.

난 오늘 매우 알차게 보냈어

I have had a very productive day.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 알차다 in Korean?

알차다 (to be substantial, meaningful) is 알차요 in the polite 해요체, 알찹니다 in formal 합니다체, 알차 in casual 반말 and 알차다 in the plain written style. The past is 알찼어요.

What is the past tense of 알차다?

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

Is 알차다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 알찹니다, 알차, 알차니 all keep 알차 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 알차다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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