날렵하다 Korean adjective conjugation
shrewd
Every form of 날렵하다 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
- 날렵한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 날렵해
- -으니Since
- 날렵하니
- 합니다Formal
- 날렵합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 날렵해요 | 날렵합니다 | 날렵해 | 날렵하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 날렵했어요 | 날렵했습니다 | 날렵했어 | 날렵했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 날렵하겠어요 | 날렵하겠습니다 | 날렵하겠어 | 날렵하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 날렵할 거예요 | 날렵할 것입니다 | 날렵할 거야 | 날렵할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 날렵해요? | 날렵합니까? | 날렵해? | 날렵하니? |
| 과거Past | 날렵했어요? | 날렵했습니까? | 날렵했어? | 날렵했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 날렵해요 | 안 날렵합니다 | 안 날렵해 | 안 날렵하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 날렵하지 않아요 | 날렵하지 않습니다 | 날렵하지 않아 | 날렵하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 날렵하세요 | 날렵하십니다 | 날렵하셔 | 날렵하시다 |
| 과거Past | 날렵하셨어요 | 날렵하셨습니다 | 날렵하셨어 | 날렵하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 날렵한
- 과거Past
- 날렵한
- 미래Future
- 날렵할
- 회상Used to
- 날렵하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 날렵하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 날렵하게
- -어서so / and then
- 날렵해서
- -으니까since
- 날렵하니까
- -으면if / when
- 날렵하면
- -지만but
- 날렵하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 날렵한데
- -어도even if
- 날렵해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 날렵하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
나무늘보의 적은 근육은 힘과 날렵함에 영향을 끼치지 않았어요.
Their lack of muscle hasn't impeded their strength or agility.
중국의 날렵한 상하이 타워처럼 공기역학을 고려하여 건물을 설계하면 그 힘을 1/4로 줄일 수 있습니다.
Designing structures to be aerodynamic, like China’s sleek Shanghai Tower, can reduce that force by up to a quarter.
톰은 날렵해.
Tom is quick.
독거미를 돌보면서 강연을 하려면 꽤 날렵해야 한다고 말해야겠네요.
It's actually quite sporty to give a speech while wrangling a tarantula, I have to say.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 날렵하다 in Korean?
날렵하다 (shrewd) is 날렵해요 in the polite 해요체, 날렵합니다 in formal 합니다체, 날렵해 in casual 반말 and 날렵하다 in the plain written style. The past is 날렵했어요.
What is the past tense of 날렵하다?
날렵했어요 in everyday polite speech, 날렵했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 날렵하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 날렵하다 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 날렵하여 and 날렵하니 but unchanged in 날렵합니다.
What TOPIK level is 날렵하다?
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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