무난하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be easy

Every form of 무난하다 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
무난한
아/어Infinitive
무난해
-으니Since
무난하니
합니다Formal
무난합니다

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 무난해요무난합니다무난해무난하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 무난했어요무난했습니다무난했어무난했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 무난하겠어요무난하겠습니다무난하겠어무난하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 무난할 거예요무난할 것입니다무난할 거야무난할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무난해요?무난합니까?무난해?무난하니?
과거Past 무난했어요?무난했습니까?무난했어?무난했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 무난해요안 무난합니다안 무난해안 무난하다
-지 않다Not (long) 무난하지 않아요무난하지 않습니다무난하지 않아무난하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무난하세요무난하십니다무난하셔무난하시다
과거Past 무난하셨어요무난하셨습니다무난하셨어무난하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
무난한
과거Past
무난한
미래Future
무난할
회상Used to
무난하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
무난하고
-게-ly / so that
무난하게
-어서so / and then
무난해서
-으니까since
무난하니까
-으면if / when
무난하면
-지만but
무난하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
무난한데
-어도even if
무난해도

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.

운동 및 성적이 어중간하며 성격 역시 무난하기 그지 없다.

In the same way that race and gender are not biologically fixed, neither is disability.

무난하게 제품을 다듬어서 가장 많은 인구를 겨냥합니다.

Smooth out the edges; go for the center; that's the big market.

솔직히 여러분이 주관식 문제를 어떻게 해결하는지 이해하면 객관식 문제는 무난할 거에요.

And frankly, if you understand how to do all of the free response questions, you probably will do fairly well on the multiple choice, because the free response tend to be a

그는 아주 점잖고, 무난한 사람입니다. 그래서 저희는 광이나는 니켈로 헤링본 트위드를 만들었습니다.

He's kind of a classic, timeless-type personality, so we did herringbone tweed, but in polished nickel.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 무난하다 in Korean?

무난하다 (to be easy) is 무난해요 in the polite 해요체, 무난합니다 in formal 합니다체, 무난해 in casual 반말 and 무난하다 in the plain written style. The past is 무난했어요.

What is the past tense of 무난하다?

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

Is 무난하다 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 무난하여 and 무난하니 but unchanged in 무난합니다.

What TOPIK level is 무난하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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