향기롭다 Korean adjective conjugation
fragrant
Every form of 향기롭다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 향기로운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 향기로워
- -으니Since
- 향기로우니
- 합니다Formal
- 향기롭습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 향기로워요 | 향기롭습니다 | 향기로워 | 향기롭다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 향기로웠어요 | 향기로웠습니다 | 향기로웠어 | 향기로웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 향기롭겠어요 | 향기롭겠습니다 | 향기롭겠어 | 향기롭겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 향기로울 거예요 | 향기로울 것입니다 | 향기로울 거야 | 향기로울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 향기로워요? | 향기롭습니까? | 향기로워? | 향기로우니? |
| 과거Past | 향기로웠어요? | 향기로웠습니까? | 향기로웠어? | 향기로웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 향기로워요 | 안 향기롭습니다 | 안 향기로워 | 안 향기롭다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 향기롭지 않아요 | 향기롭지 않습니다 | 향기롭지 않아 | 향기롭지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 향기로우세요 | 향기로우십니다 | 향기로우셔 | 향기로우시다 |
| 과거Past | 향기로우셨어요 | 향기로우셨습니다 | 향기로우셨어 | 향기로우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 향기로운
- 과거Past
- 향기로운
- 미래Future
- 향기로울
- 회상Used to
- 향기롭던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 향기롭고
- -게-ly / so that
- 향기롭게
- -어서so / and then
- 향기로워서
- -으니까since
- 향기로우니까
- -으면if / when
- 향기로우면
- -지만but
- 향기롭지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 향기로운데
- -어도even if
- 향기로워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 향기롭다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
공상 과학의 향기로움이 런던을 일종의 환상적 놀이 공원으로 바꾸었지요.
Redolent, in a sense, of science fiction, turning London into a kind of fantasy playground.
식물의 모든 부분이 향기롭다.
All parts of the plants are fragrant.
장미에는 어떤 이름을 갖다 붙여도 향기로울 텐데 말이에요."
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 향기롭다 in Korean?
향기롭다 (fragrant) is 향기로워요 in the polite 해요체, 향기롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 향기로워 in casual 반말 and 향기롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 향기로웠어요.
What is the past tense of 향기롭다?
향기로웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 향기로웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 향기로워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 향기롭다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 향기로워 and 향기로우니 but unchanged in 향기롭습니다.
What TOPIK level is 향기롭다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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