바르다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be upright

Every form of 바르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
바른
아/어Infinitive
발라
-으니Since
바르니
합니다Formal
바릅니다

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 발라요바릅니다발라바르다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 발랐어요발랐습니다발랐어발랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 바르겠어요바르겠습니다바르겠어바르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 바를 거예요바를 것입니다바를 거야바를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 발라요?바릅니까?발라?바르니?
과거Past 발랐어요?발랐습니까?발랐어?발랐니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 발라요안 바릅니다안 발라안 바르다
-지 않다Not (long) 바르지 않아요바르지 않습니다바르지 않아바르지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 바르세요바르십니다바르셔바르시다
과거Past 바르셨어요바르셨습니다바르셨어바르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
바른
과거Past
바른
미래Future
바를
회상Used to
바르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
바르고
-게-ly / so that
바르게
-어서so / and then
발라서
-으니까since
바르니까
-으면if / when
바르면
-지만but
바르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
바른데
-어도even if
발라도

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.

난 그를 완전히 발랐어.

I totally defeated him.

줄을 바르게 서다

to line up straight

생각이 바른 사람

a person with right thinking

얼굴에 분을 바르다

to powder one's face

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 바르다 in Korean?

바르다 (to be upright) is 발라요 in the polite 해요체, 바릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 발라 in casual 반말 and 바르다 in the plain written style. The past is 발랐어요.

What is the past tense of 바르다?

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

Is 바르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 발라 and 바르니 but unchanged in 바릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 바르다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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