환하다 Korean adjective conjugation

bright, light

Every form of 환하다 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
환한
아/어Infinitive
환해
-으니Since
환하니
합니다Formal
환합니다

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 환해요환합니다환해환하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 환했어요환했습니다환했어환했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 환하겠어요환하겠습니다환하겠어환하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 환할 거예요환할 것입니다환할 거야환할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 환해요?환합니까?환해?환하니?
과거Past 환했어요?환했습니까?환했어?환했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 환해요안 환합니다안 환해안 환하다
-지 않다Not (long) 환하지 않아요환하지 않습니다환하지 않아환하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 환하세요환하십니다환하셔환하시다
과거Past 환하셨어요환하셨습니다환하셨어환하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
환한
과거Past
환한
미래Future
환할
회상Used to
환하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
환하고
-게-ly / so that
환하게
-어서so / and then
환해서
-으니까since
환하니까
-으면if / when
환하면
-지만but
환하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
환한데
-어도even if
환해도

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.

항상 환한 미소로 반갑게 인사하지만,

Big smiler, enthusiastic hugger.

그러고 날 보고 환하게 웃더라고

And if I hadn't got anything more to that smile he gave me.

덮어진 것이 환하게 나타날 것이다.

And whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.

죽을 거면 어차피 환한 곳에서 죽읍시다

If we're gonna die, let's at least die in the light. Come on.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 환하다 in Korean?

환하다 (bright, light) is 환해요 in the polite 해요체, 환합니다 in formal 합니다체, 환해 in casual 반말 and 환하다 in the plain written style. The past is 환했어요.

What is the past tense of 환하다?

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

Is 환하다 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 환하여 and 환하니 but unchanged in 환합니다.

What TOPIK level is 환하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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