많다

many, much, a lot

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
많은
아/어Infinitive
많아
-으니Since
많으니
합니다Formal
많습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 많아요많습니다많아많다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 많았어요많았습니다많았어많았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 많겠어요많겠습니다많겠어많겠다
-을 것이다Going to 많을 거예요많을 것입니다많을 거야많을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 많아요?많습니까?많아?많으니?
과거Past 많았어요?많았습니까?많았어?많았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 많아요안 많습니다안 많아안 많다
-지 않다Not (long) 많지 않아요많지 않습니다많지 않아많지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 많으세요많으십니다많으셔많으시다
과거Past 많으셨어요많으셨습니다많으셨어많으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
많은
과거Past
많은
미래Future
많을
회상Used to
많던

Joining clauses

-고and
많고
-게-ly / so that
많게
-어서so / and then
많아서
-으니까since
많으니까
-으면if / when
많으면
-지만but
많지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
많은데
-어도even if
많아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우리는 할 일이 많다.

We have lots to do.

많은 일이 있었던 것도 아닙니다.

There really wasn't a whole lot going on.

마이크로소프트가 할 수 있는 일은 많습니다.

Microsoft has lots of things it can do.

많은 사람이 아프리카의 10년이 될 거라고 합니다.

A lot of people have said it's going to be Africa's decade, finally.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 많다 in Korean?

많다 (many, much, a lot) is 많아요 in the polite 해요체, 많습니다 in formal 합니다체, 많아 in casual 반말 and 많다 in the plain written style. The past is 많았어요.

What is the past tense of 많다?

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

Is 많다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 많습니다, 많아, 많으니 all keep 많 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 많다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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