비옥하다

to be rich, to be fertile

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
비옥한
아/어Infinitive
비옥해
-으니Since
비옥하니
합니다Formal
비옥합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비옥해요비옥합니다비옥해비옥하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비옥했어요비옥했습니다비옥했어비옥했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비옥하겠어요비옥하겠습니다비옥하겠어비옥하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비옥할 거예요비옥할 것입니다비옥할 거야비옥할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비옥해요?비옥합니까?비옥해?비옥하니?
과거Past 비옥했어요?비옥했습니까?비옥했어?비옥했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 비옥해요안 비옥합니다안 비옥해안 비옥하다
-지 않다Not (long) 비옥하지 않아요비옥하지 않습니다비옥하지 않아비옥하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비옥하세요비옥하십니다비옥하셔비옥하시다
과거Past 비옥하셨어요비옥하셨습니다비옥하셨어비옥하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
비옥한
과거Past
비옥한
미래Future
비옥할
회상Used to
비옥하던

Joining clauses

-고and
비옥하고
-게-ly / so that
비옥하게
-어서so / and then
비옥해서
-으니까since
비옥하니까
-으면if / when
비옥하면
-지만but
비옥하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비옥한데
-어도even if
비옥해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

첫 번째 우리 식량을 비옥하게 할 수 있습니다.

Number one: we can fertilize our food.

홍수는 땅을 비옥하게 해주는 기분좋은 일이었지만,

And flooding was a happy event, when the water fertilized our land.

없어요 여기부터는 비옥한 땅이에요

From here you can see the most fertile lands.

거기엔 넓은 비옥한 땅이 있다고 들었어요

And God willing, we hope to buy land and settle in peace.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 비옥하다 in Korean?

비옥하다 (to be rich, to be fertile) is 비옥해요 in the polite 해요체, 비옥합니다 in formal 합니다체, 비옥해 in casual 반말 and 비옥하다 in the plain written style. The past is 비옥했어요.

What is the past tense of 비옥하다?

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

Is 비옥하다 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 비옥하여 and 비옥하니 but unchanged in 비옥합니다.

What TOPIK level is 비옥하다?

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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