황량하다 Korean adjective conjugation

bleak

Every form of 황량하다 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
황량한
아/어Infinitive
황량해
-으니Since
황량하니
합니다Formal
황량합니다

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 황량해요황량합니다황량해황량하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 황량했어요황량했습니다황량했어황량했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 황량하겠어요황량하겠습니다황량하겠어황량하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 황량할 거예요황량할 것입니다황량할 거야황량할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 황량해요?황량합니까?황량해?황량하니?
과거Past 황량했어요?황량했습니까?황량했어?황량했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 황량해요안 황량합니다안 황량해안 황량하다
-지 않다Not (long) 황량하지 않아요황량하지 않습니다황량하지 않아황량하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 황량하세요황량하십니다황량하셔황량하시다
과거Past 황량하셨어요황량하셨습니다황량하셨어황량하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
황량한
과거Past
황량한
미래Future
황량할
회상Used to
황량하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
황량하고
-게-ly / so that
황량하게
-어서so / and then
황량해서
-으니까since
황량하니까
-으면if / when
황량하면
-지만but
황량하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
황량한데
-어도even if
황량해도

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.

그런 광장들은 황량해 보일 뿐만아니라 아주 위험하거든요.

They not only look desolate, they feel downright dangerous.

아주 아름다운 영화이지만, 모든 것이 죽었고, 황량합니다.

It's a beautiful piece of filmmaking, but everything is desolate, everything is dead.

정말 황량하지요.

It's pretty bleak.

제가 저소득층 환자의 치료에 대해 황량한 그림을 묘사했다는 것을 압니다.

I know I've painted a bleak picture of the care of low-income patients.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 황량하다 in Korean?

황량하다 (bleak) is 황량해요 in the polite 해요체, 황량합니다 in formal 합니다체, 황량해 in casual 반말 and 황량하다 in the plain written style. The past is 황량했어요.

What is the past tense of 황량하다?

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

Is 황량하다 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 황량하여 and 황량하니 but unchanged in 황량합니다.

What TOPIK level is 황량하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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