흥겹다

to be delightful

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
흥겨운
아/어Infinitive
흥겨워
-으니Since
흥겨우니
합니다Formal
흥겹습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흥겨워요흥겹습니다흥겨워흥겹다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흥겨웠어요흥겨웠습니다흥겨웠어흥겨웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흥겹겠어요흥겹겠습니다흥겹겠어흥겹겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흥겨울 거예요흥겨울 것입니다흥겨울 거야흥겨울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥겨워요?흥겹습니까?흥겨워?흥겨우니?
과거Past 흥겨웠어요?흥겨웠습니까?흥겨웠어?흥겨웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 흥겨워요안 흥겹습니다안 흥겨워안 흥겹다
-지 않다Not (long) 흥겹지 않아요흥겹지 않습니다흥겹지 않아흥겹지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥겨우세요흥겨우십니다흥겨우셔흥겨우시다
과거Past 흥겨우셨어요흥겨우셨습니다흥겨우셨어흥겨우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
흥겨운
과거Past
흥겨운
미래Future
흥겨울
회상Used to
흥겹던

Joining clauses

-고and
흥겹고
-게-ly / so that
흥겹게
-어서so / and then
흥겨워서
-으니까since
흥겨우니까
-으면if / when
흥겨우면
-지만but
흥겹지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흥겨운데
-어도even if
흥겨워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

하룻밤 사이의 이야기를 배경으로 이 작품은 흥겨운 속도로 진행됩니다.

Set over the course of one night, Midsummer progresses at a rollicking pace.

경쾌함. 발랄함. 그리고 흥겨움.

Light, bright, and cheerful.

그들은 완전히 평화적이었고, 많은 언론사들이 이들의 시위 분위기를 '흥겹다', '축제 같다'고 표현했다.

They were completely peaceful, and the mood was described as "festive" and "celebratory" by many news outlets.

혁명가로 흥겨운 마차 혁명가로 흥겨운 마차 신작로로 달랑달랑 달려 간다네

The Kitchen Cart is Running

Common questions

How do you conjugate 흥겹다 in Korean?

흥겹다 (to be delightful) is 흥겨워요 in the polite 해요체, 흥겹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 흥겨워 in casual 반말 and 흥겹다 in the plain written style. The past is 흥겨웠어요.

What is the past tense of 흥겹다?

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

Is 흥겹다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 흥겨워 and 흥겨우니 but unchanged in 흥겹습니다.

What TOPIK level is 흥겹다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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