명쾌하다

to be clear-cut, luculent, luminous

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
명쾌한
아/어Infinitive
명쾌해
-으니Since
명쾌하니
합니다Formal
명쾌합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 명쾌해요명쾌합니다명쾌해명쾌하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 명쾌했어요명쾌했습니다명쾌했어명쾌했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 명쾌하겠어요명쾌하겠습니다명쾌하겠어명쾌하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 명쾌할 거예요명쾌할 것입니다명쾌할 거야명쾌할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 명쾌해요?명쾌합니까?명쾌해?명쾌하니?
과거Past 명쾌했어요?명쾌했습니까?명쾌했어?명쾌했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 명쾌해요안 명쾌합니다안 명쾌해안 명쾌하다
-지 않다Not (long) 명쾌하지 않아요명쾌하지 않습니다명쾌하지 않아명쾌하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 명쾌하세요명쾌하십니다명쾌하셔명쾌하시다
과거Past 명쾌하셨어요명쾌하셨습니다명쾌하셨어명쾌하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
명쾌한
과거Past
명쾌한
미래Future
명쾌할
회상Used to
명쾌하던

Joining clauses

-고and
명쾌하고
-게-ly / so that
명쾌하게
-어서so / and then
명쾌해서
-으니까since
명쾌하니까
-으면if / when
명쾌하면
-지만but
명쾌하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
명쾌한데
-어도even if
명쾌해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아주 명쾌한 영감이 있습니다

I've got some very clear ideas about it.

분석적으로 하면 명쾌하게 나오지도 않겠죠.

Not even clear if you can do it analytically.

아이디어를 전달하는 명쾌한 시각 자료를 지니고 있죠.

They all have one idea, and one really clear visual that conveys the idea.

15년 전에 그리 명쾌한 출발을 아니었어요. 뭐 그래도, 어디선가는 시작을 해야하잖아요.

I'll admit, it wasn't exactly the smartest of starts, but you've got to start somewhere.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 명쾌하다 in Korean?

명쾌하다 (to be clear-cut, luculent, luminous) is 명쾌해요 in the polite 해요체, 명쾌합니다 in formal 합니다체, 명쾌해 in casual 반말 and 명쾌하다 in the plain written style. The past is 명쾌했어요.

What is the past tense of 명쾌하다?

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

Is 명쾌하다 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 명쾌하여 and 명쾌하니 but unchanged in 명쾌합니다.

What TOPIK level is 명쾌하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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