든든하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be reassuring, to feel secure
Every form of 든든하다 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
- 든든한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 든든해
- -으니Since
- 든든하니
- 합니다Formal
- 든든합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 든든해요 | 든든합니다 | 든든해 | 든든하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 든든했어요 | 든든했습니다 | 든든했어 | 든든했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 든든하겠어요 | 든든하겠습니다 | 든든하겠어 | 든든하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 든든할 거예요 | 든든할 것입니다 | 든든할 거야 | 든든할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 든든해요? | 든든합니까? | 든든해? | 든든하니? |
| 과거Past | 든든했어요? | 든든했습니까? | 든든했어? | 든든했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 든든해요 | 안 든든합니다 | 안 든든해 | 안 든든하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 든든하지 않아요 | 든든하지 않습니다 | 든든하지 않아 | 든든하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 든든하세요 | 든든하십니다 | 든든하셔 | 든든하시다 |
| 과거Past | 든든하셨어요 | 든든하셨습니다 | 든든하셨어 | 든든하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 든든한
- 과거Past
- 든든한
- 미래Future
- 든든할
- 회상Used to
- 든든하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 든든하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 든든하게
- -어서so / and then
- 든든해서
- -으니까since
- 든든하니까
- -으면if / when
- 든든하면
- -지만but
- 든든하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 든든한데
- -어도even if
- 든든해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 든든하다
- 1이 든든하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
네가 있으니 마음이 든든하다.
I feel secure because you are here.
이것은 마치 모든 종류의 사람들이 모여 형성된 든든한 그룹처럼 느껴졌습니다.
It felt like this support group formed of all sorts of people coming together.
그건 고작 한 사람의 힘이었어요. 때론 단 한 명의 내 편이 가장 든든한 법이죠.
That's the power of one person, sometimes all it takes is one ally to make you feel comfortable.
읽기 숙제도 잘 해오고 늘 맨 앞자리에 앉는 항상 든든한 학생이었습니다.
She came to class with her readings done, she sat in the front row and she was always on my team.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 든든하다 in Korean?
든든하다 (to be reassuring, to feel secure) is 든든해요 in the polite 해요체, 든든합니다 in formal 합니다체, 든든해 in casual 반말 and 든든하다 in the plain written style. The past is 든든했어요.
What is the past tense of 든든하다?
든든했어요 in everyday polite speech, 든든했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 든든하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 든든하다 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 든든하여 and 든든하니 but unchanged in 든든합니다.
What TOPIK level is 든든하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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