건장하다

to be sturdy, robust

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
건장한
아/어Infinitive
건장해
-으니Since
건장하니
합니다Formal
건장합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건장해요건장합니다건장해건장하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건장했어요건장했습니다건장했어건장했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 건장하겠어요건장하겠습니다건장하겠어건장하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 건장할 거예요건장할 것입니다건장할 거야건장할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건장해요?건장합니까?건장해?건장하니?
과거Past 건장했어요?건장했습니까?건장했어?건장했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 건장해요안 건장합니다안 건장해안 건장하다
-지 않다Not (long) 건장하지 않아요건장하지 않습니다건장하지 않아건장하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건장하세요건장하십니다건장하셔건장하시다
과거Past 건장하셨어요건장하셨습니다건장하셨어건장하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
건장한
과거Past
건장한
미래Future
건장할
회상Used to
건장하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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