막대하다 Korean adjective conjugation
huge
Every form of 막대하다 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
- 막대한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 막대해
- -으니Since
- 막대하니
- 합니다Formal
- 막대합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 막대해요 | 막대합니다 | 막대해 | 막대하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 막대했어요 | 막대했습니다 | 막대했어 | 막대했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 막대하겠어요 | 막대하겠습니다 | 막대하겠어 | 막대하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 막대할 거예요 | 막대할 것입니다 | 막대할 거야 | 막대할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 막대해요? | 막대합니까? | 막대해? | 막대하니? |
| 과거Past | 막대했어요? | 막대했습니까? | 막대했어? | 막대했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 막대해요 | 안 막대합니다 | 안 막대해 | 안 막대하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 막대하지 않아요 | 막대하지 않습니다 | 막대하지 않아 | 막대하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 막대하세요 | 막대하십니다 | 막대하셔 | 막대하시다 |
| 과거Past | 막대하셨어요 | 막대하셨습니다 | 막대하셨어 | 막대하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 막대한
- 과거Past
- 막대한
- 미래Future
- 막대할
- 회상Used to
- 막대하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 막대하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 막대하게
- -어서so / and then
- 막대해서
- -으니까since
- 막대하니까
- -으면if / when
- 막대하면
- -지만but
- 막대하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 막대한데
- -어도even if
- 막대해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 막대하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
우리는 과거에 막대한 권력과 싸웠다.
We have fought against superpowers in the past.
또한 막대한 비용이 드는 대목이 있죠.
So we've got big cost challenges here.
우리나라에 막대한 피해를 줄 것입니다.
That would wreak havoc in my country.
알제리는 막대한 양의 자금을 잃고 있다.
Algeria is losing huge amounts of money.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 막대하다 in Korean?
막대하다 (huge) is 막대해요 in the polite 해요체, 막대합니다 in formal 합니다체, 막대해 in casual 반말 and 막대하다 in the plain written style. The past is 막대했어요.
What is the past tense of 막대하다?
막대했어요 in everyday polite speech, 막대했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 막대하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 막대하다 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 막대하여 and 막대하니 but unchanged in 막대합니다.
What TOPIK level is 막대하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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