그윽하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be mellow, to be subtle

Every form of 그윽하다 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
그윽한
아/어Infinitive
그윽해
-으니Since
그윽하니
합니다Formal
그윽합니다

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 그윽해요그윽합니다그윽해그윽하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 그윽했어요그윽했습니다그윽했어그윽했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 그윽하겠어요그윽하겠습니다그윽하겠어그윽하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 그윽할 거예요그윽할 것입니다그윽할 거야그윽할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 그윽해요?그윽합니까?그윽해?그윽하니?
과거Past 그윽했어요?그윽했습니까?그윽했어?그윽했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 그윽해요안 그윽합니다안 그윽해안 그윽하다
-지 않다Not (long) 그윽하지 않아요그윽하지 않습니다그윽하지 않아그윽하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 그윽하세요그윽하십니다그윽하셔그윽하시다
과거Past 그윽하셨어요그윽하셨습니다그윽하셨어그윽하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
그윽한
과거Past
그윽한
미래Future
그윽할
회상Used to
그윽하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
그윽하고
-게-ly / so that
그윽하게
-어서so / and then
그윽해서
-으니까since
그윽하니까
-으면if / when
그윽하면
-지만but
그윽하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
그윽한데
-어도even if
그윽해도

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.

좋아요 이제 눈이 되게 그윽해졌어요

Okay, hold still. You have very deep-set eyes.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 그윽하다 in Korean?

그윽하다 (to be mellow, to be subtle) is 그윽해요 in the polite 해요체, 그윽합니다 in formal 합니다체, 그윽해 in casual 반말 and 그윽하다 in the plain written style. The past is 그윽했어요.

What is the past tense of 그윽하다?

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

Is 그윽하다 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 그윽하여 and 그윽하니 but unchanged in 그윽합니다.

What TOPIK level is 그윽하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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