동그랗다

to be round

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
동그란
아/어Infinitive
동그래
-으니Since
동그라니
합니다Formal
동그랗습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 동그래요동그랗습니다동그래동그랗다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 동그랬어요동그랬습니다동그랬어동그랬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 동그랗겠어요동그랗겠습니다동그랗겠어동그랗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 동그랄 거예요동그랄 것입니다동그랄 거야동그랄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 동그래요?동그랗습니까?동그래?동그라니?
과거Past 동그랬어요?동그랬습니까?동그랬어?동그랬니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 동그래요안 동그랗습니다안 동그래안 동그랗다
-지 않다Not (long) 동그랗지 않아요동그랗지 않습니다동그랗지 않아동그랗지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 동그라세요동그라십니다동그라셔동그라시다
과거Past 동그라셨어요동그라셨습니다동그라셨어동그라셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
동그란
과거Past
동그란
미래Future
동그랄
회상Used to
동그랗던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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?

Common 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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