막대하다

huge

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
막대한
아/어Infinitive
막대해
-으니Since
막대하니
합니다Formal
막대합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막대해요막대합니다막대해막대하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막대했어요막대했습니다막대했어막대했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 막대하겠어요막대하겠습니다막대하겠어막대하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 막대할 거예요막대할 것입니다막대할 거야막대할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막대해요?막대합니까?막대해?막대하니?
과거Past 막대했어요?막대했습니까?막대했어?막대했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 막대해요안 막대합니다안 막대해안 막대하다
-지 않다Not (long) 막대하지 않아요막대하지 않습니다막대하지 않아막대하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막대하세요막대하십니다막대하셔막대하시다
과거Past 막대하셨어요막대하셨습니다막대하셨어막대하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
막대한
과거Past
막대한
미래Future
막대할
회상Used to
막대하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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