맹렬하다

to be fierce, to be furious

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맹렬한
아/어Infinitive
맹렬해
-으니Since
맹렬하니
합니다Formal
맹렬합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맹렬해요맹렬합니다맹렬해맹렬하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맹렬했어요맹렬했습니다맹렬했어맹렬했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맹렬하겠어요맹렬하겠습니다맹렬하겠어맹렬하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맹렬할 거예요맹렬할 것입니다맹렬할 거야맹렬할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맹렬해요?맹렬합니까?맹렬해?맹렬하니?
과거Past 맹렬했어요?맹렬했습니까?맹렬했어?맹렬했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맹렬해요안 맹렬합니다안 맹렬해안 맹렬하다
-지 않다Not (long) 맹렬하지 않아요맹렬하지 않습니다맹렬하지 않아맹렬하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맹렬하세요맹렬하십니다맹렬하셔맹렬하시다
과거Past 맹렬하셨어요맹렬하셨습니다맹렬하셨어맹렬하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맹렬한
과거Past
맹렬한
미래Future
맹렬할
회상Used to
맹렬하던

Joining clauses

-고and
맹렬하고
-게-ly / so that
맹렬하게
-어서so / and then
맹렬해서
-으니까since
맹렬하니까
-으면if / when
맹렬하면
-지만but
맹렬하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맹렬한데
-어도even if
맹렬해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

맹렬한 소아마비 바이러스가 아프가니스탄, 파키스탄 및 나이지리아에 여전히 남아 있다.

The wild polio virus still exists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.

맹렬한 논쟁 끝에, 히틀러는 마지못해 전쟁을 기다리기에 동의했다.

After furious arguments, Hitler reluctantly agreed to wait.

그러므로 상황과 장면에 따라 맹렬한 엄마 곰이 되거나 겸손한 조언을 찾고

So when a scene calls for it, be a ferocious mama bear and a humble advice seeker.

저는 알게되는 특권을 누렸습니다. 제가 지금까지 만났던 중 가장 놀랍고 맹렬하고 용감한 사람들을요.

I had the privilege of getting to know some of the most amazing, fierce and courageous human beings I had ever met.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맹렬하다 in Korean?

맹렬하다 (to be fierce, to be furious) is 맹렬해요 in the polite 해요체, 맹렬합니다 in formal 합니다체, 맹렬해 in casual 반말 and 맹렬하다 in the plain written style. The past is 맹렬했어요.

What is the past tense of 맹렬하다?

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

Is 맹렬하다 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 맹렬하여 and 맹렬하니 but unchanged in 맹렬합니다.

What TOPIK level is 맹렬하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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