어마어마하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be enormous

Every form of 어마어마하다 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
어마어마한
아/어Infinitive
어마어마해
-으니Since
어마어마하니
합니다Formal
어마어마합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 어마어마해요어마어마합니다어마어마해어마어마하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 어마어마했어요어마어마했습니다어마어마했어어마어마했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 어마어마하겠어요어마어마하겠습니다어마어마하겠어어마어마하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 어마어마할 거예요어마어마할 것입니다어마어마할 거야어마어마할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어마어마해요?어마어마합니까?어마어마해?어마어마하니?
과거Past 어마어마했어요?어마어마했습니까?어마어마했어?어마어마했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 어마어마해요안 어마어마합니다안 어마어마해안 어마어마하다
-지 않다Not (long) 어마어마하지 않아요어마어마하지 않습니다어마어마하지 않아어마어마하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어마어마하세요어마어마하십니다어마어마하셔어마어마하시다
과거Past 어마어마하셨어요어마어마하셨습니다어마어마하셨어어마어마하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
어마어마한
과거Past
어마어마한
미래Future
어마어마할
회상Used to
어마어마하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
어마어마하고
-게-ly / so that
어마어마하게
-어서so / and then
어마어마해서
-으니까since
어마어마하니까
-으면if / when
어마어마하면
-지만but
어마어마하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
어마어마한데
-어도even if
어마어마해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

시간, 에너지, 인적 자원의 낭비가 어마어마하죠.

A monumental waste of time, energy and human potential.

사실은 아직도 줄 수 있는 부분이 어마어마하게 많습니다.

The fact is, there's still a tremendous amount that can be offered and can be given.

그렇게 비용이 많이 들어가지도 않고 투자에 대한 보상도 어마어마합니다.

It's not going to cost that much, and the return on that investment is huge.

그리고 그 질량은 어마어마합니다.

And it's an enormous amount of mass.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 어마어마하다 in Korean?

어마어마하다 (to be enormous) is 어마어마해요 in the polite 해요체, 어마어마합니다 in formal 합니다체, 어마어마해 in casual 반말 and 어마어마하다 in the plain written style. The past is 어마어마했어요.

What is the past tense of 어마어마하다?

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

Is 어마어마하다 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 어마어마하여 and 어마어마하니 but unchanged in 어마어마합니다.

What TOPIK level is 어마어마하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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