엄연하다 Korean adjective conjugation
undeniable, clear
Every form of 엄연하다 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
- 엄연한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 엄연해
- -으니Since
- 엄연하니
- 합니다Formal
- 엄연합니다
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 | 엄연해요 | 엄연합니다 | 엄연해 | 엄연하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 엄연했어요 | 엄연했습니다 | 엄연했어 | 엄연했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 엄연하겠어요 | 엄연하겠습니다 | 엄연하겠어 | 엄연하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 엄연할 거예요 | 엄연할 것입니다 | 엄연할 거야 | 엄연할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엄연해요? | 엄연합니까? | 엄연해? | 엄연하니? |
| 과거Past | 엄연했어요? | 엄연했습니까? | 엄연했어? | 엄연했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 엄연해요 | 안 엄연합니다 | 안 엄연해 | 안 엄연하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 엄연하지 않아요 | 엄연하지 않습니다 | 엄연하지 않아 | 엄연하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엄연하세요 | 엄연하십니다 | 엄연하셔 | 엄연하시다 |
| 과거Past | 엄연하셨어요 | 엄연하셨습니다 | 엄연하셨어 | 엄연하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 엄연한
- 과거Past
- 엄연한
- 미래Future
- 엄연할
- 회상Used to
- 엄연하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 엄연하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 엄연하게
- -어서so / and then
- 엄연해서
- -으니까since
- 엄연하니까
- -으면if / when
- 엄연하면
- -지만but
- 엄연하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 엄연한데
- -어도even if
- 엄연해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 엄연하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
엄연한 사업가지
You're a businesswoman.
무엇이 엄연한 진실인지를 구분하는 방법을 아는 것은 어렵지만 중요한 일입니다.
Knowing how to identify what is deeply real is tough and important work.
세계적 공용어, 특히 영어가 아닌 언어와 말을 쓰는 사람들에겐 엄연한 현실 그 이상이라구요.
And this is even more true if you happen to speak a language other than one of the world's major languages, and especially English.
하지만, pound도 무게의 한 단위입니다 예를 들어, 나는 160 pound라고 한다면 이건 엄연한 무게가 맞습니다
And yes, pounds is a unit of weight so if I say, if I say that I weigh one hundred and sixty pounds, this is indeed weight
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 엄연하다 in Korean?
엄연하다 (undeniable, clear) is 엄연해요 in the polite 해요체, 엄연합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엄연해 in casual 반말 and 엄연하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엄연했어요.
What is the past tense of 엄연하다?
엄연했어요 in everyday polite speech, 엄연했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 엄연하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 엄연하다 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 엄연하여 and 엄연하니 but unchanged in 엄연합니다.
What TOPIK level is 엄연하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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