당연하다

to be natural, to be reasonable

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
당연한
아/어Infinitive
당연해
-으니Since
당연하니
합니다Formal
당연합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 당연해요당연합니다당연해당연하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 당연했어요당연했습니다당연했어당연했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 당연하겠어요당연하겠습니다당연하겠어당연하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 당연할 거예요당연할 것입니다당연할 거야당연할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당연해요?당연합니까?당연해?당연하니?
과거Past 당연했어요?당연했습니까?당연했어?당연했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 당연해요안 당연합니다안 당연해안 당연하다
-지 않다Not (long) 당연하지 않아요당연하지 않습니다당연하지 않아당연하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 당연하세요당연하십니다당연하셔당연하시다
과거Past 당연하셨어요당연하셨습니다당연하셨어당연하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
당연한
과거Past
당연한
미래Future
당연할
회상Used to
당연하던

Joining clauses

-고and
당연하고
-게-ly / so that
당연하게
-어서so / and then
당연해서
-으니까since
당연하니까
-으면if / when
당연하면
-지만but
당연하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
당연한데
-어도even if
당연해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이게 당연하게 들리시죠?

This seems like common sense, right?

뭐, 당연한 일이잖아요?

How unlikely is that? I mean, pshhh.

하지만 그걸 당연하게 받아들여서는 안됩니다.

But we shouldn't take it for granted.

하지만 우린 이걸 너무나 당연한듯이 받아들이고있어요.

And we kind of take that for granted.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 당연하다 in Korean?

당연하다 (to be natural, to be reasonable) is 당연해요 in the polite 해요체, 당연합니다 in formal 합니다체, 당연해 in casual 반말 and 당연하다 in the plain written style. The past is 당연했어요.

What is the past tense of 당연하다?

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

Is 당연하다 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 당연하여 and 당연하니 but unchanged in 당연합니다.

What TOPIK level is 당연하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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