노랗다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be yellow

Every form of 노랗다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
노란
아/어Infinitive
노래
-으니Since
노라니
합니다Formal
노랗습니다

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 노래요노랗습니다노래노랗다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 노랬어요노랬습니다노랬어노랬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 노랗겠어요노랗겠습니다노랗겠어노랗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 노랄 거예요노랄 것입니다노랄 거야노랄 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 노래요?노랗습니까?노래?노라니?
과거Past 노랬어요?노랬습니까?노랬어?노랬니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 노래요안 노랗습니다안 노래안 노랗다
-지 않다Not (long) 노랗지 않아요노랗지 않습니다노랗지 않아노랗지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 노라세요노라십니다노라셔노라시다
과거Past 노라셨어요노라셨습니다노라셨어노라셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
노란
과거Past
노란
미래Future
노랄
회상Used to
노랗던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
노랗고
-게-ly / so that
노랗게
-어서so / and then
노래서
-으니까since
노라니까
-으면if / when
노라면
-지만but
노랗지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
노란데
-어도even if
노래도

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.

이 새를 예로 들어보죠. 이 새는 노란머리 버들솔새입니다.

Take this bird, for example: this is the prothonotary warbler.

노란 사인파에 있는 세 개의 마루가 보이시죠?

Do you see how there's three peaks to the yellow sine wave?

제가 노란 색으로 쓰겠습니다

I'll do it in yellow.

노란 옷 입은 여자 봤다며 아는 여자야?

You said you saw a girl in yellow dress. Is there something that you knew?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 노랗다 in Korean?

노랗다 (to be yellow) is 노래요 in the polite 해요체, 노랗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 노래 in casual 반말 and 노랗다 in the plain written style. The past is 노랬어요.

What is the past tense of 노랗다?

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

Is 노랗다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 노래 and 노라니 but unchanged in 노랗습니다.

What TOPIK level is 노랗다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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