만만하다 Korean adjective conjugation

easy to handle, not intimidating

Every form of 만만하다 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
만만한
아/어Infinitive
만만해
-으니Since
만만하니
합니다Formal
만만합니다

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 만만해요만만합니다만만해만만하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 만만했어요만만했습니다만만했어만만했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 만만하겠어요만만하겠습니다만만하겠어만만하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 만만할 거예요만만할 것입니다만만할 거야만만할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만만해요?만만합니까?만만해?만만하니?
과거Past 만만했어요?만만했습니까?만만했어?만만했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 만만해요안 만만합니다안 만만해안 만만하다
-지 않다Not (long) 만만하지 않아요만만하지 않습니다만만하지 않아만만하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만만하세요만만하십니다만만하셔만만하시다
과거Past 만만하셨어요만만하셨습니다만만하셨어만만하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
만만한
과거Past
만만한
미래Future
만만할
회상Used to
만만하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
만만하고
-게-ly / so that
만만하게
-어서so / and then
만만해서
-으니까since
만만하니까
-으면if / when
만만하면
-지만but
만만하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
만만한데
-어도even if
만만해도

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.

만만하게 보다

to look down upon as easy

물론 부작용도 만만치 않겠죠.

And there's going to be great side effects.

이 모든 것의 경제적으로 만만치는 않을 것 같습니다.

The economics of all of this is going to be challenging.

예쁜 만큼 만만치 않겠지

Belle can be as argumentative as she is beautiful.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 만만하다 in Korean?

만만하다 (easy to handle, not intimidating) is 만만해요 in the polite 해요체, 만만합니다 in formal 합니다체, 만만해 in casual 반말 and 만만하다 in the plain written style. The past is 만만했어요.

What is the past tense of 만만하다?

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

Is 만만하다 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 만만하여 and 만만하니 but unchanged in 만만합니다.

What TOPIK level is 만만하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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