맹렬하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be fierce, to be furious

Every form of 맹렬하다 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
맹렬한
아/어Infinitive
맹렬해
-으니Since
맹렬하니
합니다Formal
맹렬합니다

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 맹렬해요맹렬합니다맹렬해맹렬하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맹렬했어요맹렬했습니다맹렬했어맹렬했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

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

의문Questions

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

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 맹렬해요안 맹렬합니다안 맹렬해안 맹렬하다
-지 않다Not (long) 맹렬하지 않아요맹렬하지 않습니다맹렬하지 않아맹렬하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맹렬하세요맹렬하십니다맹렬하셔맹렬하시다
과거Past 맹렬하셨어요맹렬하셨습니다맹렬하셨어맹렬하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
맹렬한
과거Past
맹렬한
미래Future
맹렬할
회상Used to
맹렬하던

연결Joining 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

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.

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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