강렬하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be intense

Every form of 강렬하다 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
강렬한
아/어Infinitive
강렬해
-으니Since
강렬하니
합니다Formal
강렬합니다

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 강렬해요강렬합니다강렬해강렬하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 강렬했어요강렬했습니다강렬했어강렬했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 강렬하겠어요강렬하겠습니다강렬하겠어강렬하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 강렬할 거예요강렬할 것입니다강렬할 거야강렬할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 강렬해요?강렬합니까?강렬해?강렬하니?
과거Past 강렬했어요?강렬했습니까?강렬했어?강렬했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 강렬해요안 강렬합니다안 강렬해안 강렬하다
-지 않다Not (long) 강렬하지 않아요강렬하지 않습니다강렬하지 않아강렬하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 강렬하세요강렬하십니다강렬하셔강렬하시다
과거Past 강렬하셨어요강렬하셨습니다강렬하셨어강렬하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
강렬한
과거Past
강렬한
미래Future
강렬할
회상Used to
강렬하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
강렬하고
-게-ly / so that
강렬하게
-어서so / and then
강렬해서
-으니까since
강렬하니까
-으면if / when
강렬하면
-지만but
강렬하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
강렬한데
-어도even if
강렬해도

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.

이 음악은 리듬이 강렬하다.

This music has a forceful rhythm.

강렬한 색채

a gaudy colour

강렬한 자극

a powerful stimulus

그 감정은 정말 강렬했다.

The feeling was really strong.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 강렬하다 in Korean?

강렬하다 (to be intense) is 강렬해요 in the polite 해요체, 강렬합니다 in formal 합니다체, 강렬해 in casual 반말 and 강렬하다 in the plain written style. The past is 강렬했어요.

What is the past tense of 강렬하다?

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

Is 강렬하다 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 강렬하여 and 강렬하니 but unchanged in 강렬합니다.

What TOPIK level is 강렬하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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