간단하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be simple, to be easy
Every form of 간단하다 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
- 간단한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 간단해
- -으니Since
- 간단하니
- 합니다Formal
- 간단합니다
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 | 간단해요 | 간단합니다 | 간단해 | 간단하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 간단했어요 | 간단했습니다 | 간단했어 | 간단했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 간단하겠어요 | 간단하겠습니다 | 간단하겠어 | 간단하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 간단할 거예요 | 간단할 것입니다 | 간단할 거야 | 간단할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 간단해요? | 간단합니까? | 간단해? | 간단하니? |
| 과거Past | 간단했어요? | 간단했습니까? | 간단했어? | 간단했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 간단해요 | 안 간단합니다 | 안 간단해 | 안 간단하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 간단하지 않아요 | 간단하지 않습니다 | 간단하지 않아 | 간단하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 간단하세요 | 간단하십니다 | 간단하셔 | 간단하시다 |
| 과거Past | 간단하셨어요 | 간단하셨습니다 | 간단하셨어 | 간단하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 간단한
- 과거Past
- 간단한
- 미래Future
- 간단할
- 회상Used to
- 간단하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 간단하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 간단하게
- -어서so / and then
- 간단해서
- -으니까since
- 간단하니까
- -으면if / when
- 간단하면
- -지만but
- 간단하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 간단한데
- -어도even if
- 간단해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 간단하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이론은 정말 그렇게 간단하죠.
In concept, though not in execution.
당신의 생각보다 효과 있고 간단합니다.
It works, and it's simpler than you may think.
그렇지만 이 문제는 생각보다 더 간단합니다.
But this situation is simpler than it seems.
이 또한 아주 간단합니다.
Again, it's very simple.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 간단하다 in Korean?
간단하다 (to be simple, to be easy) is 간단해요 in the polite 해요체, 간단합니다 in formal 합니다체, 간단해 in casual 반말 and 간단하다 in the plain written style. The past is 간단했어요.
What is the past tense of 간단하다?
간단했어요 in everyday polite speech, 간단했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 간단하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 간단하다 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 간단하여 and 간단하니 but unchanged in 간단합니다.
What TOPIK level is 간단하다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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