명랑하다

bright and cheerful

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
명랑한
아/어Infinitive
명랑해
-으니Since
명랑하니
합니다Formal
명랑합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 명랑해요명랑합니다명랑해명랑하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 명랑했어요명랑했습니다명랑했어명랑했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 명랑하겠어요명랑하겠습니다명랑하겠어명랑하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 명랑할 거예요명랑할 것입니다명랑할 거야명랑할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 명랑해요?명랑합니까?명랑해?명랑하니?
과거Past 명랑했어요?명랑했습니까?명랑했어?명랑했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 명랑해요안 명랑합니다안 명랑해안 명랑하다
-지 않다Not (long) 명랑하지 않아요명랑하지 않습니다명랑하지 않아명랑하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 명랑하세요명랑하십니다명랑하셔명랑하시다
과거Past 명랑하셨어요명랑하셨습니다명랑하셨어명랑하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
명랑한
과거Past
명랑한
미래Future
명랑할
회상Used to
명랑하던

Joining clauses

-고and
명랑하고
-게-ly / so that
명랑하게
-어서so / and then
명랑해서
-으니까since
명랑하니까
-으면if / when
명랑하면
-지만but
명랑하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
명랑한데
-어도even if
명랑해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

밝고 명랑한 소녀였습니다.

She had been a bright, easygoing girl.

전 행복하지도, 명랑하지도 않아요

I'm not happy and bubbly.

그녀의 목소리가 명랑하고 아름다웠으며, 노래 부르기를 좋아했다.

She is elegant, sweet and pretty, and likes to sing diverse songs.

명랑하고 부드럽고 활발했죠

She became cheerful, gentle and outgoing.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 명랑하다 in Korean?

명랑하다 (bright and cheerful) is 명랑해요 in the polite 해요체, 명랑합니다 in formal 합니다체, 명랑해 in casual 반말 and 명랑하다 in the plain written style. The past is 명랑했어요.

What is the past tense of 명랑하다?

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

Is 명랑하다 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 명랑하여 and 명랑하니 but unchanged in 명랑합니다.

What TOPIK level is 명랑하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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