안전하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be safe

Every form of 안전하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
안전한
아/어Infinitive
안전해
-으니Since
안전하니
합니다Formal
안전합니다

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 안전해요안전합니다안전해안전하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 안전했어요안전했습니다안전했어안전했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 안전하겠어요안전하겠습니다안전하겠어안전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 안전할 거예요안전할 것입니다안전할 거야안전할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안전해요?안전합니까?안전해?안전하니?
과거Past 안전했어요?안전했습니까?안전했어?안전했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 안전해요안 안전합니다안 안전해안 안전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 안전하지 않아요안전하지 않습니다안전하지 않아안전하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안전하세요안전하십니다안전하셔안전하시다
과거Past 안전하셨어요안전하셨습니다안전하셨어안전하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
안전한
과거Past
안전한
미래Future
안전할
회상Used to
안전하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
안전하고
-게-ly / so that
안전하게
-어서so / and then
안전해서
-으니까since
안전하니까
-으면if / when
안전하면
-지만but
안전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
안전한데
-어도even if
안전해도

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.

안전하게 놀고 싶은거죠.

Take a safer route.

안전하다고 느낄 수 있죠.

You could feel secure even if you're not.

더 나은 삶이란 안전한 삶입니다.

A better life is a life in safety.

하지만 여전히 안전하지 않았습니다.

But yet, we did not feel protected.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 안전하다 in Korean?

안전하다 (to be safe) is 안전해요 in the polite 해요체, 안전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 안전해 in casual 반말 and 안전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 안전했어요.

What is the past tense of 안전하다?

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

Is 안전하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 안전하여 and 안전하니 but unchanged in 안전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 안전하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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