찬란하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be magnificent

Every form of 찬란하다 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
찬란한
아/어Infinitive
찬란해
-으니Since
찬란하니
합니다Formal
찬란합니다

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 찬란해요찬란합니다찬란해찬란하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찬란했어요찬란했습니다찬란했어찬란했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찬란하겠어요찬란하겠습니다찬란하겠어찬란하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찬란할 거예요찬란할 것입니다찬란할 거야찬란할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찬란해요?찬란합니까?찬란해?찬란하니?
과거Past 찬란했어요?찬란했습니까?찬란했어?찬란했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 찬란해요안 찬란합니다안 찬란해안 찬란하다
-지 않다Not (long) 찬란하지 않아요찬란하지 않습니다찬란하지 않아찬란하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찬란하세요찬란하십니다찬란하셔찬란하시다
과거Past 찬란하셨어요찬란하셨습니다찬란하셨어찬란하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
찬란한
과거Past
찬란한
미래Future
찬란할
회상Used to
찬란하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
찬란하고
-게-ly / so that
찬란하게
-어서so / and then
찬란해서
-으니까since
찬란하니까
-으면if / when
찬란하면
-지만but
찬란하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찬란한데
-어도even if
찬란해도

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.

찬란한 문화

magnificent culture

바로 지금 저는 찬란하고 큰, 정말 큰 거대 쥐가오리 곁으로 내려와 있습니다.

Right now, I'm just coming down on this gorgeous, big, giant manta ray.

찬란한 문화로 자라난 슬기론 인민의 이 영광

Grown up in a brilliant culture, our wise people is glorious.

그리고 이는 이란인들에게 그들의 찬란했던 과거, 이라크와 싸워서 승리했던 찬란했던 과거를 상기시키는 것이 아주 중요해졌습니다

And it becomes critical for the Iranians to remember their great past, their great past when they fought Iraq and won.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 찬란하다 in Korean?

찬란하다 (to be magnificent) is 찬란해요 in the polite 해요체, 찬란합니다 in formal 합니다체, 찬란해 in casual 반말 and 찬란하다 in the plain written style. The past is 찬란했어요.

What is the past tense of 찬란하다?

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

Is 찬란하다 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 찬란하여 and 찬란하니 but unchanged in 찬란합니다.

What TOPIK level is 찬란하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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