좋다

to be good

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
좋은
아/어Infinitive
좋아
-으니Since
좋으니
합니다Formal
좋습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 좋아요좋습니다좋아좋다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 좋았어요좋았습니다좋았어좋았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 좋겠어요좋겠습니다좋겠어좋겠다
-을 것이다Going to 좋을 거예요좋을 것입니다좋을 거야좋을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 좋아요?좋습니까?좋아?좋으니?
과거Past 좋았어요?좋았습니까?좋았어?좋았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 좋아요안 좋습니다안 좋아안 좋다
-지 않다Not (long) 좋지 않아요좋지 않습니다좋지 않아좋지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 좋으세요좋으십니다좋으셔좋으시다
과거Past 좋으셨어요좋으셨습니다좋으셨어좋으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
좋은
과거Past
좋은
미래Future
좋을
회상Used to
좋던

Joining clauses

-고and
좋고
-게-ly / so that
좋게
-어서so / and then
좋아서
-으니까since
좋으니까
-으면if / when
좋으면
-지만but
좋지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
좋은데
-어도even if
좋아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

나는 말을 좋아해.

I like horses.

나는 이 일이 좋다.

I love this job.

그에게 말하지 않는게 좋을걸.

You'd better not tell him.

나 이 사람을 좋아하지.

I like this person!"

Common questions

How do you conjugate 좋다 in Korean?

좋다 (to be good) is 좋아요 in the polite 해요체, 좋습니다 in formal 합니다체, 좋아 in casual 반말 and 좋다 in the plain written style. The past is 좋았어요.

What is the past tense of 좋다?

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

Is 좋다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 좋습니다, 좋아, 좋으니 all keep 좋 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 좋다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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