든든하다

to be reassuring, to feel secure

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
든든한
아/어Infinitive
든든해
-으니Since
든든하니
합니다Formal
든든합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 든든해요든든합니다든든해든든하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 든든했어요든든했습니다든든했어든든했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 든든하겠어요든든하겠습니다든든하겠어든든하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 든든할 거예요든든할 것입니다든든할 거야든든할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 든든해요?든든합니까?든든해?든든하니?
과거Past 든든했어요?든든했습니까?든든했어?든든했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 든든해요안 든든합니다안 든든해안 든든하다
-지 않다Not (long) 든든하지 않아요든든하지 않습니다든든하지 않아든든하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 든든하세요든든하십니다든든하셔든든하시다
과거Past 든든하셨어요든든하셨습니다든든하셨어든든하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
든든한
과거Past
든든한
미래Future
든든할
회상Used to
든든하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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