훤하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be bright, light

Every form of 훤하다 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
훤한
아/어Infinitive
훤해
-으니Since
훤하니
합니다Formal
훤합니다

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 훤해요훤합니다훤해훤하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 훤했어요훤했습니다훤했어훤했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 훤하겠어요훤하겠습니다훤하겠어훤하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 훤할 거예요훤할 것입니다훤할 거야훤할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 훤해요?훤합니까?훤해?훤하니?
과거Past 훤했어요?훤했습니까?훤했어?훤했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 훤해요안 훤합니다안 훤해안 훤하다
-지 않다Not (long) 훤하지 않아요훤하지 않습니다훤하지 않아훤하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 훤하세요훤하십니다훤하셔훤하시다
과거Past 훤하셨어요훤하셨습니다훤하셨어훤하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
훤한
과거Past
훤한
미래Future
훤할
회상Used to
훤하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
훤하고
-게-ly / so that
훤하게
-어서so / and then
훤해서
-으니까since
훤하니까
-으면if / when
훤하면
-지만but
훤하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
훤한데
-어도even if
훤해도

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.

아이고, 대학생이 되드니 처녀티가 훤하네요

You really look like a lady now that you're a college student.

신수가 훤하구나, 윌리엄 제법이야

Willem, look at you! I am impressed.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 훤하다 in Korean?

훤하다 (to be bright, light) is 훤해요 in the polite 해요체, 훤합니다 in formal 합니다체, 훤해 in casual 반말 and 훤하다 in the plain written style. The past is 훤했어요.

What is the past tense of 훤하다?

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

Is 훤하다 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 훤하여 and 훤하니 but unchanged in 훤합니다.

What TOPIK level is 훤하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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