민첩하다 Korean adjective conjugation

agile, nimble, swift

Every form of 민첩하다 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
민첩한
아/어Infinitive
민첩해
-으니Since
민첩하니
합니다Formal
민첩합니다

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 민첩해요민첩합니다민첩해민첩하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 민첩했어요민첩했습니다민첩했어민첩했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 민첩하겠어요민첩하겠습니다민첩하겠어민첩하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 민첩할 거예요민첩할 것입니다민첩할 거야민첩할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 민첩해요?민첩합니까?민첩해?민첩하니?
과거Past 민첩했어요?민첩했습니까?민첩했어?민첩했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 민첩해요안 민첩합니다안 민첩해안 민첩하다
-지 않다Not (long) 민첩하지 않아요민첩하지 않습니다민첩하지 않아민첩하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 민첩하세요민첩하십니다민첩하셔민첩하시다
과거Past 민첩하셨어요민첩하셨습니다민첩하셨어민첩하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
민첩한
과거Past
민첩한
미래Future
민첩할
회상Used to
민첩하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
민첩하고
-게-ly / so that
민첩하게
-어서so / and then
민첩해서
-으니까since
민첩하니까
-으면if / when
민첩하면
-지만but
민첩하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
민첩한데
-어도even if
민첩해도

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.

그들은 매우 민첩합니다.

They provide agility.

그렇게 되면, 공장의 규모는 작아지고 민첩하게 대응하게 되죠.

Then, our factories will be smaller, agile.

나무를 오르는 원숭이처럼 민첩하게 풀을 올라 갑니다.

A prehensile tail acts like a fifth limb, so she's as agile as a monkey clambering around in a tree.

쿼드는 굉장히 민첩합니다. 하지만 이렇게 만드는 데 댓가가 따르죠.

Quads are extremely agile, but this agility comes at a cost.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 민첩하다 in Korean?

민첩하다 (agile, nimble, swift) is 민첩해요 in the polite 해요체, 민첩합니다 in formal 합니다체, 민첩해 in casual 반말 and 민첩하다 in the plain written style. The past is 민첩했어요.

What is the past tense of 민첩하다?

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

Is 민첩하다 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 민첩하여 and 민첩하니 but unchanged in 민첩합니다.

What TOPIK level is 민첩하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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