정연하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be well-organized

Every form of 정연하다 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
정연한
아/어Infinitive
정연해
-으니Since
정연하니
합니다Formal
정연합니다

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 정연해요정연합니다정연해정연하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 정연했어요정연했습니다정연했어정연했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 정연하겠어요정연하겠습니다정연하겠어정연하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 정연할 거예요정연할 것입니다정연할 거야정연할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정연해요?정연합니까?정연해?정연하니?
과거Past 정연했어요?정연했습니까?정연했어?정연했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 정연해요안 정연합니다안 정연해안 정연하다
-지 않다Not (long) 정연하지 않아요정연하지 않습니다정연하지 않아정연하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정연하세요정연하십니다정연하셔정연하시다
과거Past 정연하셨어요정연하셨습니다정연하셨어정연하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
정연한
과거Past
정연한
미래Future
정연할
회상Used to
정연하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
정연하고
-게-ly / so that
정연하게
-어서so / and then
정연해서
-으니까since
정연하니까
-으면if / when
정연하면
-지만but
정연하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
정연한데
-어도even if
정연해도

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.

우선 이말을 해야겠어요. TED는 대체로 꽤 질서정연한 청중, 꽤 질서정연한 청중들이어서 감사합니다.

First of all, I just want to say that I appreciate that TED in general has been a pretty orderly crowd, a pretty orderly group.

어떻게 별들이 이토록 질서 정연하게 외부 고리를 따라 떠다니는지는 정말 불가사의죠.

It's a mystery how the stars in the outer ring are just floating there in such an orderly manner.

제대로 되지 않는 전국 담론이 어떤지 직접 느껴보셨을 거예요. 조리 정연해야 할 토론이 조롱거리가 되어 버렸죠.

You know intimately what the poisoned national discourse feels like, what a mockery of reasoned debate it has become.

선(The sun)지는, 영국의 "폭스 뉴스"같은 신문사죠, 제 "논리정연한 접근"에 감사를 표했습니다.

And The Sun newspaper, the kind of "Fox News" of the UK, thanked me for my "reasoned approach."

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 정연하다 in Korean?

정연하다 (to be well-organized) is 정연해요 in the polite 해요체, 정연합니다 in formal 합니다체, 정연해 in casual 반말 and 정연하다 in the plain written style. The past is 정연했어요.

What is the past tense of 정연하다?

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

Is 정연하다 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 정연하여 and 정연하니 but unchanged in 정연합니다.

What TOPIK level is 정연하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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