아름답다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be beautiful

Every form of 아름답다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
아름다운
아/어Infinitive
아름다워
-으니Since
아름다우니
합니다Formal
아름답습니다

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 아름다워요아름답습니다아름다워아름답다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 아름다웠어요아름다웠습니다아름다웠어아름다웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 아름답겠어요아름답겠습니다아름답겠어아름답겠다
-을 것이다Going to 아름다울 거예요아름다울 것입니다아름다울 거야아름다울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 아름다워요?아름답습니까?아름다워?아름다우니?
과거Past 아름다웠어요?아름다웠습니까?아름다웠어?아름다웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 아름다워요안 아름답습니다안 아름다워안 아름답다
-지 않다Not (long) 아름답지 않아요아름답지 않습니다아름답지 않아아름답지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 아름다우세요아름다우십니다아름다우셔아름다우시다
과거Past 아름다우셨어요아름다우셨습니다아름다우셨어아름다우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
아름다운
과거Past
아름다운
미래Future
아름다울
회상Used to
아름답던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
아름답고
-게-ly / so that
아름답게
-어서so / and then
아름다워서
-으니까since
아름다우니까
-으면if / when
아름다우면
-지만but
아름답지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
아름다운데
-어도even if
아름다워도

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.

아름다움을 보여주고 있습니다.

I'm showing this because it's about beauty.

보시다시피, 저는 모든 것에서 아름다움을 봅니다.

As you can see, I find beauty in everything.

아름다운 곳인 것 같아.

I think that it's a beautiful place.

사실, 아름답게 되면 좋겠습니다.

In fact, I want them to become beautiful.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 아름답다 in Korean?

아름답다 (to be beautiful) is 아름다워요 in the polite 해요체, 아름답습니다 in formal 합니다체, 아름다워 in casual 반말 and 아름답다 in the plain written style. The past is 아름다웠어요.

What is the past tense of 아름답다?

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

Is 아름답다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 아름다워 and 아름다우니 but unchanged in 아름답습니다.

What TOPIK level is 아름답다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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