헐렁하다 Korean adjective conjugation
loose (of clothes)
Every form of 헐렁하다 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
- 헐렁한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 헐렁해
- -으니Since
- 헐렁하니
- 합니다Formal
- 헐렁합니다
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 | 헐렁해요 | 헐렁합니다 | 헐렁해 | 헐렁하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 헐렁했어요 | 헐렁했습니다 | 헐렁했어 | 헐렁했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 헐렁하겠어요 | 헐렁하겠습니다 | 헐렁하겠어 | 헐렁하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 헐렁할 거예요 | 헐렁할 것입니다 | 헐렁할 거야 | 헐렁할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 헐렁해요? | 헐렁합니까? | 헐렁해? | 헐렁하니? |
| 과거Past | 헐렁했어요? | 헐렁했습니까? | 헐렁했어? | 헐렁했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 헐렁해요 | 안 헐렁합니다 | 안 헐렁해 | 안 헐렁하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 헐렁하지 않아요 | 헐렁하지 않습니다 | 헐렁하지 않아 | 헐렁하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 헐렁하세요 | 헐렁하십니다 | 헐렁하셔 | 헐렁하시다 |
| 과거Past | 헐렁하셨어요 | 헐렁하셨습니다 | 헐렁하셨어 | 헐렁하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 헐렁한
- 과거Past
- 헐렁한
- 미래Future
- 헐렁할
- 회상Used to
- 헐렁하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 헐렁하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 헐렁하게
- -어서so / and then
- 헐렁해서
- -으니까since
- 헐렁하니까
- -으면if / when
- 헐렁하면
- -지만but
- 헐렁하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 헐렁한데
- -어도even if
- 헐렁해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 헐렁하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이 스웨터는 너무 헐렁해요.
This sweater is too loose.
폭탄을 가진 사람이 "너무 헐렁한가?"
It would not be with a guy with a bomb saying, "Too snug?"
예를 들면 무릎까지 내려오는 헐렁한 옷을 입고 있고 맨발이면 사제를 의미한다고 믿고 있습니다.
For example, we believe that by wearing a knee-length tunic and open bare feet, this was representative of a priest.
하지만 그날이 오면 그는 헐렁한 계단을 건너뛰거나 커피도 한 모금 마시지 않고 먹지도 않고 집을 나가곤 했습니다.
But come the day, he would always skip that loose step, he would always bow out of the house without so much as a swig of coffee or a bite to eat.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 헐렁하다 in Korean?
헐렁하다 (loose (of clothes)) is 헐렁해요 in the polite 해요체, 헐렁합니다 in formal 합니다체, 헐렁해 in casual 반말 and 헐렁하다 in the plain written style. The past is 헐렁했어요.
What is the past tense of 헐렁하다?
헐렁했어요 in everyday polite speech, 헐렁했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 헐렁하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 헐렁하다 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 헐렁하여 and 헐렁하니 but unchanged in 헐렁합니다.
What TOPIK level is 헐렁하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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