발랄하다 Korean adjective conjugation

vivid, lively, bubbly

Every form of 발랄하다 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
발랄한
아/어Infinitive
발랄해
-으니Since
발랄하니
합니다Formal
발랄합니다

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 발랄해요발랄합니다발랄해발랄하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 발랄했어요발랄했습니다발랄했어발랄했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 발랄하겠어요발랄하겠습니다발랄하겠어발랄하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 발랄할 거예요발랄할 것입니다발랄할 거야발랄할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 발랄해요?발랄합니까?발랄해?발랄하니?
과거Past 발랄했어요?발랄했습니까?발랄했어?발랄했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 발랄해요안 발랄합니다안 발랄해안 발랄하다
-지 않다Not (long) 발랄하지 않아요발랄하지 않습니다발랄하지 않아발랄하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 발랄하세요발랄하십니다발랄하셔발랄하시다
과거Past 발랄하셨어요발랄하셨습니다발랄하셨어발랄하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
발랄한
과거Past
발랄한
미래Future
발랄할
회상Used to
발랄하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
발랄하고
-게-ly / so that
발랄하게
-어서so / and then
발랄해서
-으니까since
발랄하니까
-으면if / when
발랄하면
-지만but
발랄하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
발랄한데
-어도even if
발랄해도

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.

경쾌함. 발랄함. 그리고 흥겨움.

Light, bright, and cheerful.

네. 그녀는 매우 낙천적이고 타고난 발랄함을 가졌지만

She's a very upbeat, naturally excited person.

브리아나는 그런 아이에요. 발랄하고 사교적이며 외향적인 아이죠.

Brianna is one of those kids with this sparkly, infectious, outgoing personality.

오 자기야, 계속 다정하게 발랄하게 너의 멋으로 날 채워 줄래?

Oh baby, can you stay sweet upbeat fill me with all your cool?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 발랄하다 in Korean?

발랄하다 (vivid, lively, bubbly) is 발랄해요 in the polite 해요체, 발랄합니다 in formal 합니다체, 발랄해 in casual 반말 and 발랄하다 in the plain written style. The past is 발랄했어요.

What is the past tense of 발랄하다?

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

Is 발랄하다 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 발랄하여 and 발랄하니 but unchanged in 발랄합니다.

What TOPIK level is 발랄하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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