건전하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be sound, wholesome

Every form of 건전하다 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
건전한
아/어Infinitive
건전해
-으니Since
건전하니
합니다Formal
건전합니다

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 건전해요건전합니다건전해건전하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 건전했어요건전했습니다건전했어건전했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 건전하겠어요건전하겠습니다건전하겠어건전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 건전할 거예요건전할 것입니다건전할 거야건전할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건전해요?건전합니까?건전해?건전하니?
과거Past 건전했어요?건전했습니까?건전했어?건전했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 건전해요안 건전합니다안 건전해안 건전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 건전하지 않아요건전하지 않습니다건전하지 않아건전하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 건전하세요건전하십니다건전하셔건전하시다
과거Past 건전하셨어요건전하셨습니다건전하셨어건전하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
건전한
과거Past
건전한
미래Future
건전할
회상Used to
건전하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
건전하고
-게-ly / so that
건전하게
-어서so / and then
건전해서
-으니까since
건전하니까
-으면if / when
건전하면
-지만but
건전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
건전한데
-어도even if
건전해도

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.

정말 건전한 만남 같네

That sounds innocent enough

아주 좋아요, 매우 건전하죠

We're very good, very healthy.

건전하게 의견을 교환했을 뿐이야

It's just a healthy exchange of views, that's all.

방법이야 있지만 건전한 건 없지

I mean, there are ways, but none of them are healthy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 건전하다 in Korean?

건전하다 (to be sound, wholesome) is 건전해요 in the polite 해요체, 건전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 건전해 in casual 반말 and 건전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 건전했어요.

What is the past tense of 건전하다?

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

Is 건전하다 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 건전하여 and 건전하니 but unchanged in 건전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 건전하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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