변변하다

to be decent

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
변변한
아/어Infinitive
변변해
-으니Since
변변하니
합니다Formal
변변합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 변변해요변변합니다변변해변변하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 변변했어요변변했습니다변변했어변변했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 변변하겠어요변변하겠습니다변변하겠어변변하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 변변할 거예요변변할 것입니다변변할 거야변변할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 변변해요?변변합니까?변변해?변변하니?
과거Past 변변했어요?변변했습니까?변변했어?변변했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 변변해요안 변변합니다안 변변해안 변변하다
-지 않다Not (long) 변변하지 않아요변변하지 않습니다변변하지 않아변변하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 변변하세요변변하십니다변변하셔변변하시다
과거Past 변변하셨어요변변하셨습니다변변하셨어변변하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
변변한
과거Past
변변한
미래Future
변변할
회상Used to
변변하던

Joining clauses

-고and
변변하고
-게-ly / so that
변변하게
-어서so / and then
변변해서
-으니까since
변변하니까
-으면if / when
변변하면
-지만but
변변하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
변변한데
-어도even if
변변해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

팀 성적도 변변치 못했습니다.

Now, Coach Parker had coached mediocre teams for years.

그들은 학교에서 뒤쳐지고 변변치 못한 직장을 얻어 적은 돈을 벌 가능성이 높습니다.

They've been more likely to do worse at school, to end up with worse jobs and to earn less money.

변변치 않게 시작했지만 이제는 대규모 청취자를 확보한 세계적 플랫폼이 되었습니다. 100명이 넘는 공동작업자가 참여합니다.

From humble beginnings, we've built a worldwide platform with a massive audience with over 100 collaborators.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 변변하다 in Korean?

변변하다 (to be decent) is 변변해요 in the polite 해요체, 변변합니다 in formal 합니다체, 변변해 in casual 반말 and 변변하다 in the plain written style. The past is 변변했어요.

What is the past tense of 변변하다?

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

Is 변변하다 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 변변하여 and 변변하니 but unchanged in 변변합니다.

What TOPIK level is 변변하다?

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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