멍하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be dazed
Every form of 멍하다 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
- 멍한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 멍해
- -으니Since
- 멍하니
- 합니다Formal
- 멍합니다
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 | 멍해요 | 멍합니다 | 멍해 | 멍하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 멍했어요 | 멍했습니다 | 멍했어 | 멍했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 멍하겠어요 | 멍하겠습니다 | 멍하겠어 | 멍하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 멍할 거예요 | 멍할 것입니다 | 멍할 거야 | 멍할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 멍해요? | 멍합니까? | 멍해? | 멍하니? |
| 과거Past | 멍했어요? | 멍했습니까? | 멍했어? | 멍했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 멍해요 | 안 멍합니다 | 안 멍해 | 안 멍하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 멍하지 않아요 | 멍하지 않습니다 | 멍하지 않아 | 멍하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 멍하세요 | 멍하십니다 | 멍하셔 | 멍하시다 |
| 과거Past | 멍하셨어요 | 멍하셨습니다 | 멍하셨어 | 멍하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 멍한
- 과거Past
- 멍한
- 미래Future
- 멍할
- 회상Used to
- 멍하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 멍하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 멍하게
- -어서so / and then
- 멍해서
- -으니까since
- 멍하니까
- -으면if / when
- 멍하면
- -지만but
- 멍하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 멍한데
- -어도even if
- 멍해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 멍하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
저는 멍해졌던 그 느낌을 아직도 기억합니다.
I remember just being dumbstruck.
멍하고 부상한 채로 기계적으로 싸우고 있을 뿐입니다
He's dazed, hurt, fighting mechanically.
여러분은 식당에서 이런 행동을 멍하게 반복하고있는 자신을 발견한 적이 있나요?
Have you ever found yourself at a restaurant spacing out just doing this over and over?
이러면 사람들은 시각적 충격으로 완전 멍해지는데 그러면서 사람들이 희망적으로 변합니다.
It blows people away and it transports them, and it makes them feel hopeful.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 멍하다 in Korean?
멍하다 (to be dazed) is 멍해요 in the polite 해요체, 멍합니다 in formal 합니다체, 멍해 in casual 반말 and 멍하다 in the plain written style. The past is 멍했어요.
What is the past tense of 멍하다?
멍했어요 in everyday polite speech, 멍했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 멍하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 멍하다 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 멍하여 and 멍하니 but unchanged in 멍합니다.
What TOPIK level is 멍하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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