훌륭하다

to be excellent

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
훌륭한
아/어Infinitive
훌륭해
-으니Since
훌륭하니
합니다Formal
훌륭합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 훌륭해요훌륭합니다훌륭해훌륭하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 훌륭했어요훌륭했습니다훌륭했어훌륭했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 훌륭하겠어요훌륭하겠습니다훌륭하겠어훌륭하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 훌륭할 거예요훌륭할 것입니다훌륭할 거야훌륭할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 훌륭해요?훌륭합니까?훌륭해?훌륭하니?
과거Past 훌륭했어요?훌륭했습니까?훌륭했어?훌륭했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 훌륭해요안 훌륭합니다안 훌륭해안 훌륭하다
-지 않다Not (long) 훌륭하지 않아요훌륭하지 않습니다훌륭하지 않아훌륭하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 훌륭하세요훌륭하십니다훌륭하셔훌륭하시다
과거Past 훌륭하셨어요훌륭하셨습니다훌륭하셨어훌륭하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
훌륭한
과거Past
훌륭한
미래Future
훌륭할
회상Used to
훌륭하던

Joining clauses

-고and
훌륭하고
-게-ly / so that
훌륭하게
-어서so / and then
훌륭해서
-으니까since
훌륭하니까
-으면if / when
훌륭하면
-지만but
훌륭하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
훌륭한데
-어도even if
훌륭해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

네, 훌륭해요 책을 많이 보셨네

Right, excellent, someone's been reading up.

좋아요. 훌륭합니다.

All right. Great.

훌륭하죠

Brilliant.

면은 훌륭해요. 아마 많은 사람들이 지금 입고 계실 겁니다.

Cotton's brilliant. Probably many people are wearing cotton right now.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 훌륭하다 in Korean?

훌륭하다 (to be excellent) is 훌륭해요 in the polite 해요체, 훌륭합니다 in formal 합니다체, 훌륭해 in casual 반말 and 훌륭하다 in the plain written style. The past is 훌륭했어요.

What is the past tense of 훌륭하다?

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

Is 훌륭하다 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 훌륭하여 and 훌륭하니 but unchanged in 훌륭합니다.

What TOPIK level is 훌륭하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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