화려하다 Korean adjective conjugation

gorgeous

Every form of 화려하다 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
화려한
아/어Infinitive
화려해
-으니Since
화려하니
합니다Formal
화려합니다

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 화려해요화려합니다화려해화려하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 화려했어요화려했습니다화려했어화려했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 화려하겠어요화려하겠습니다화려하겠어화려하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 화려할 거예요화려할 것입니다화려할 거야화려할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 화려해요?화려합니까?화려해?화려하니?
과거Past 화려했어요?화려했습니까?화려했어?화려했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 화려해요안 화려합니다안 화려해안 화려하다
-지 않다Not (long) 화려하지 않아요화려하지 않습니다화려하지 않아화려하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 화려하세요화려하십니다화려하셔화려하시다
과거Past 화려하셨어요화려하셨습니다화려하셨어화려하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
화려한
과거Past
화려한
미래Future
화려할
회상Used to
화려하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
화려하고
-게-ly / so that
화려하게
-어서so / and then
화려해서
-으니까since
화려하니까
-으면if / when
화려하면
-지만but
화려하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
화려한데
-어도even if
화려해도

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.

화려한 행사도 있습니다.

There's pageantry.

그리고 이는 화려한 새 과학기술을 필요로 하지 않습니다.

And it doesn't require fancy new technology.

복싱 세계는 밖에서 보면 화려하죠

Yeah, well, the boxing world looks shiny from the outside.

뭐, 화려한 상표도 있고 말야

I don't know, it's one of these fancy labels, right?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 화려하다 in Korean?

화려하다 (gorgeous) is 화려해요 in the polite 해요체, 화려합니다 in formal 합니다체, 화려해 in casual 반말 and 화려하다 in the plain written style. The past is 화려했어요.

What is the past tense of 화려하다?

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

Is 화려하다 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 화려하여 and 화려하니 but unchanged in 화려합니다.

What TOPIK level is 화려하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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