벌겋다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue)

Every form of 벌겋다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
벌건
아/어Infinitive
벌게
-으니Since
벌거니
합니다Formal
벌겋습니다

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 벌게요벌겋습니다벌게벌겋다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벌겠어요벌겠습니다벌겠어벌겠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 벌겋겠어요벌겋겠습니다벌겋겠어벌겋겠다
-을 것이다Going to 벌걸 거예요벌걸 것입니다벌걸 거야벌걸 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌게요?벌겋습니까?벌게?벌거니?
과거Past 벌겠어요?벌겠습니까?벌겠어?벌겠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 벌게요안 벌겋습니다안 벌게안 벌겋다
-지 않다Not (long) 벌겋지 않아요벌겋지 않습니다벌겋지 않아벌겋지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌거세요벌거십니다벌거셔벌거시다
과거Past 벌거셨어요벌거셨습니다벌거셨어벌거셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
벌건
과거Past
벌건
미래Future
벌걸
회상Used to
벌겋던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
벌겋고
-게-ly / so that
벌겋게
-어서so / and then
벌게서
-으니까since
벌거니까
-으면if / when
벌거면
-지만but
벌겋지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
벌건데
-어도even if
벌게도

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.

눈이 벌겋다

to have red eyes

왜 얼굴 벌건 애 있잖아

Kid with the burnt face.

피부가 벌게지다

to have flushed skin

하늘이 벌게지다

a reddish sky

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 벌겋다 in Korean?

벌겋다 (to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue)) is 벌게요 in the polite 해요체, 벌겋습니다 in formal 합니다체, 벌게 in casual 반말 and 벌겋다 in the plain written style. The past is 벌겠어요.

What is the past tense of 벌겋다?

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

Is 벌겋다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 벌게 and 벌거니 but unchanged in 벌겋습니다.

What TOPIK level is 벌겋다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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