즐거워하다 Korean verb conjugation

to enjoy it

Every form of 즐거워하다 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
즐거워하는
아/어Infinitive
즐거워해
-으니Since
즐거워하니
합니다Formal
즐거워합니다

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 즐거워해요즐거워합니다즐거워해즐거워한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 즐거워했어요즐거워했습니다즐거워했어즐거워했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 즐거워하겠어요즐거워하겠습니다즐거워하겠어즐거워하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 즐거워할 거예요즐거워할 것입니다즐거워할 거야즐거워할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 즐거워해요?즐거워합니까?즐거워해?즐거워하니?
과거Past 즐거워했어요?즐거워했습니까?즐거워했어?즐거워했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 즐거워하세요즐거워하십시오즐거워해즐거워해라
청유Let's 즐거워해요즐거워합시다즐거워해즐거워하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 즐거워해요안 즐거워합니다안 즐거워해안 즐거워한다
-지 않다Not (long) 즐거워하지 않아요즐거워하지 않습니다즐거워하지 않아즐거워하지 않는다
Cannot 못 즐거워해요못 즐거워합니다못 즐거워해못 즐거워한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 즐거워하세요즐거워하십니다즐거워하셔즐거워하신다
과거Past 즐거워하셨어요즐거워하셨습니다즐거워하셨어즐거워하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
즐거워하는
과거Past
즐거워한
미래Future
즐거워할
회상Used to
즐거워하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
즐거워하고
-게-ly / so that
즐거워하게
-어서so / and then
즐거워해서
-으니까since
즐거워하니까
-으면if / when
즐거워하면
-지만but
즐거워하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
즐거워하는데
-어도even if
즐거워해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 즐거워하고 있어요즐거워하고 있습니다즐거워하고 있어즐거워하고 있다
과거Was doing 즐거워하고 있었어요즐거워하고 있었습니다즐거워하고 있었어즐거워하고 있었다

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.

그리고 이 즐거워하는 소녀 그림을 누가 그렸는지 생각해 보았습니다.

And I thought, well, who painted this joyful, youthful figure?

아니, 손님들이 즐거워하고 동물들은 행복해하냐고?

No, no, no, how's it doing? Are the guests having fun? Are the animals enjoying life?

여러분은 사람들이 가장 즐거워하는 어느 곳에서든지 미래를 찾을 수 있을 겁니다.

You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

닐: 좋습니다. 어젯밤에 연습을 하고 있을 때 코끼리를 보면서 즐거워했습니다.

That's great. When we were rehearsing last night, he had fun watching the elephants.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 즐거워하다 in Korean?

즐거워하다 (to enjoy it) is 즐거워해요 in the polite 해요체, 즐거워합니다 in formal 합니다체, 즐거워해 in casual 반말 and 즐거워한다 in the plain written style. The past is 즐거워했어요.

What is the past tense of 즐거워하다?

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

Is 즐거워하다 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 즐거워하여 and 즐거워하니 but unchanged in 즐거워합니다.

What TOPIK level is 즐거워하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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