동그랗다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be round
Every form of 동그랗다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 동그란
- 아/어Infinitive
- 동그래
- -으니Since
- 동그라니
- 합니다Formal
- 동그랗습니다
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 | 동그래요 | 동그랗습니다 | 동그래 | 동그랗다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 동그랬어요 | 동그랬습니다 | 동그랬어 | 동그랬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 동그랗겠어요 | 동그랗겠습니다 | 동그랗겠어 | 동그랗겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 동그랄 거예요 | 동그랄 것입니다 | 동그랄 거야 | 동그랄 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 동그래요? | 동그랗습니까? | 동그래? | 동그라니? |
| 과거Past | 동그랬어요? | 동그랬습니까? | 동그랬어? | 동그랬니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 동그래요 | 안 동그랗습니다 | 안 동그래 | 안 동그랗다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 동그랗지 않아요 | 동그랗지 않습니다 | 동그랗지 않아 | 동그랗지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 동그라세요 | 동그라십니다 | 동그라셔 | 동그라시다 |
| 과거Past | 동그라셨어요 | 동그라셨습니다 | 동그라셨어 | 동그라셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 동그란
- 과거Past
- 동그란
- 미래Future
- 동그랄
- 회상Used to
- 동그랗던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 동그랗고
- -게-ly / so that
- 동그랗게
- -어서so / and then
- 동그래서
- -으니까since
- 동그라니까
- -으면if / when
- 동그라면
- -지만but
- 동그랗지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 동그란데
- -어도even if
- 동그래도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 동그랗다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
저는 동그랗게 웅크린 아이들을 보았습니다.
I saw a group of kids kind of huddled in a circle.
어쩌면 사람이나 살아있는 것, 동그란 것에 반응하는지도 모릅니다.
Maybe it responds to anything human or anything alive or anything round.
이 동그란 것들은 뭐예요?
What are the round bits for?
굉장히 예측하기 어렵고 놀랄 만큼 동그란 얼굴 말이냐?
Highly unpredictable? Surprisingly round face?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 동그랗다 in Korean?
동그랗다 (to be round) is 동그래요 in the polite 해요체, 동그랗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 동그래 in casual 반말 and 동그랗다 in the plain written style. The past is 동그랬어요.
What is the past tense of 동그랗다?
동그랬어요 in everyday polite speech, 동그랬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 동그래 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 동그랗다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 동그래 and 동그라니 but unchanged in 동그랗습니다.
What TOPIK level is 동그랗다?
3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.
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