멋지다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be cool, splendid

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 멋지다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
멋진
아/어Infinitive
멋져
-으니Since
멋지니
합니다Formal
멋집니다

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 멋져요멋집니다멋져멋지다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멋졌어요멋졌습니다멋졌어멋졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 멋지겠어요멋지겠습니다멋지겠어멋지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 멋질 거예요멋질 것입니다멋질 거야멋질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멋져요?멋집니까?멋져?멋지니?
과거Past 멋졌어요?멋졌습니까?멋졌어?멋졌니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 멋져요안 멋집니다안 멋져안 멋지다
-지 않다Not (long) 멋지지 않아요멋지지 않습니다멋지지 않아멋지지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멋지세요멋지십니다멋지셔멋지시다
과거Past 멋지셨어요멋지셨습니다멋지셨어멋지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
멋진
과거Past
멋진
미래Future
멋질
회상Used to
멋지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
멋지고
-게-ly / so that
멋지게
-어서so / and then
멋져서
-으니까since
멋지니까
-으면if / when
멋지면
-지만but
멋지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
멋진데
-어도even if
멋져도

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.

이 다방은 아주 멋지다.

This coffee shop is very nice.

정말 멋진 일이긴 한데

I mean, the work is amazing.

그리고 가장 멋진 것은

And this is the best one.

그게 진짜 멋진 거죠.

That's really amazing.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 멋지다 in Korean?

멋지다 (to be cool, splendid) is 멋져요 in the polite 해요체, 멋집니다 in formal 합니다체, 멋져 in casual 반말 and 멋지다 in the plain written style. The past is 멋졌어요.

What is the past tense of 멋지다?

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

Is 멋지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 멋집니다, 멋져, 멋지니 all keep 멋지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 멋지다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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