괜찮다

to be okay, all right

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
괜찮은
아/어Infinitive
괜찮아
-으니Since
괜찮으니
합니다Formal
괜찮습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 괜찮아요괜찮습니다괜찮아괜찮다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 괜찮았어요괜찮았습니다괜찮았어괜찮았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 괜찮겠어요괜찮겠습니다괜찮겠어괜찮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 괜찮을 거예요괜찮을 것입니다괜찮을 거야괜찮을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괜찮아요?괜찮습니까?괜찮아?괜찮으니?
과거Past 괜찮았어요?괜찮았습니까?괜찮았어?괜찮았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 괜찮아요안 괜찮습니다안 괜찮아안 괜찮다
-지 않다Not (long) 괜찮지 않아요괜찮지 않습니다괜찮지 않아괜찮지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괜찮으세요괜찮으십니다괜찮으셔괜찮으시다
과거Past 괜찮으셨어요괜찮으셨습니다괜찮으셨어괜찮으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
괜찮은
과거Past
괜찮은
미래Future
괜찮을
회상Used to
괜찮던

Joining clauses

-고and
괜찮고
-게-ly / so that
괜찮게
-어서so / and then
괜찮아서
-으니까since
괜찮으니까
-으면if / when
괜찮으면
-지만but
괜찮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
괜찮은데
-어도even if
괜찮아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

톰은 아팠는데 메리는 괜찮았어.

Tom was sick, but Mary wasn't.

전 괜찮아요.

I'm fine.

톰은 괜찮아 보였어?

Did Tom look OK?

괜찮습니다!

Never mind!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 괜찮다 in Korean?

괜찮다 (to be okay, all right) is 괜찮아요 in the polite 해요체, 괜찮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 괜찮아 in casual 반말 and 괜찮다 in the plain written style. The past is 괜찮았어요.

What is the past tense of 괜찮다?

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

Is 괜찮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 괜찮습니다, 괜찮아, 괜찮으니 all keep 괜찮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 괜찮다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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