건장하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be sturdy, robust
Every form of 건장하다 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
- 건장한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 건장해
- -으니Since
- 건장하니
- 합니다Formal
- 건장합니다
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 | 건장해요 | 건장합니다 | 건장해 | 건장하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 건장했어요 | 건장했습니다 | 건장했어 | 건장했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 건장하겠어요 | 건장하겠습니다 | 건장하겠어 | 건장하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 건장할 거예요 | 건장할 것입니다 | 건장할 거야 | 건장할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 건장해요? | 건장합니까? | 건장해? | 건장하니? |
| 과거Past | 건장했어요? | 건장했습니까? | 건장했어? | 건장했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 건장해요 | 안 건장합니다 | 안 건장해 | 안 건장하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 건장하지 않아요 | 건장하지 않습니다 | 건장하지 않아 | 건장하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 건장하세요 | 건장하십니다 | 건장하셔 | 건장하시다 |
| 과거Past | 건장하셨어요 | 건장하셨습니다 | 건장하셨어 | 건장하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 건장한
- 과거Past
- 건장한
- 미래Future
- 건장할
- 회상Used to
- 건장하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 건장하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 건장하게
- -어서so / and then
- 건장해서
- -으니까since
- 건장하니까
- -으면if / when
- 건장하면
- -지만but
- 건장하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 건장한데
- -어도even if
- 건장해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 건장하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
강해야 하며 건장하고, 기백이 있어야 하죠.
You're expected to be strong, robust, macho.
많은 여성들이 그들만큼 거칠고 건장했고 무언가 하기 위해 의욕이 넘쳤습니다.
Full of women who were as fierce and as fit as they were, and as driven to make a difference.
건장한 해군이 저를 맞이했습니다.
I went in and a strapping naval man stood up and addressed me.
어떤 음식이든 먹을 수 있는 것은 건장한 성인이나 어린이를 위해 남겨두어야 합니다.
Whatever food is available has to be reserved for able-bodied adults and for children.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 건장하다 in Korean?
건장하다 (to be sturdy, robust) is 건장해요 in the polite 해요체, 건장합니다 in formal 합니다체, 건장해 in casual 반말 and 건장하다 in the plain written style. The past is 건장했어요.
What is the past tense of 건장하다?
건장했어요 in everyday polite speech, 건장했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 건장하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 건장하다 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 건장하여 and 건장하니 but unchanged in 건장합니다.
What TOPIK level is 건장하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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