막중하다

to be of great importance

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
막중한
아/어Infinitive
막중해
-으니Since
막중하니
합니다Formal
막중합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막중해요막중합니다막중해막중하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막중했어요막중했습니다막중했어막중했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 막중하겠어요막중하겠습니다막중하겠어막중하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 막중할 거예요막중할 것입니다막중할 거야막중할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막중해요?막중합니까?막중해?막중하니?
과거Past 막중했어요?막중했습니까?막중했어?막중했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 막중해요안 막중합니다안 막중해안 막중하다
-지 않다Not (long) 막중하지 않아요막중하지 않습니다막중하지 않아막중하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막중하세요막중하십니다막중하셔막중하시다
과거Past 막중하셨어요막중하셨습니다막중하셨어막중하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
막중한
과거Past
막중한
미래Future
막중할
회상Used to
막중하던

Joining clauses

-고and
막중하고
-게-ly / so that
막중하게
-어서so / and then
막중해서
-으니까since
막중하니까
-으면if / when
막중하면
-지만but
막중하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
막중한데
-어도even if
막중해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

즉 막중한 실세가 된 것이다.

This becomes a major plot point.

그들에겐 더 막중한 임무가 있네

They have a more important mission.

좋아요 제 말은 이건 꽤 막중한 일이라는 거예요

Okay. I mean, it's a big commitment.

막중한 전투는 코비와 세나키 마을 주변으로 집중되었다.

Heavy fighting concentrated around the towns of Khobi and Senaki.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 막중하다 in Korean?

막중하다 (to be of great importance) is 막중해요 in the polite 해요체, 막중합니다 in formal 합니다체, 막중해 in casual 반말 and 막중하다 in the plain written style. The past is 막중했어요.

What is the past tense of 막중하다?

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

Is 막중하다 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 막중하여 and 막중하니 but unchanged in 막중합니다.

What TOPIK level is 막중하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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