포근하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be cozy and snug

Every form of 포근하다 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
포근한
아/어Infinitive
포근해
-으니Since
포근하니
합니다Formal
포근합니다

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 포근해요포근합니다포근해포근하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 포근했어요포근했습니다포근했어포근했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 포근하겠어요포근하겠습니다포근하겠어포근하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 포근할 거예요포근할 것입니다포근할 거야포근할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 포근해요?포근합니까?포근해?포근하니?
과거Past 포근했어요?포근했습니까?포근했어?포근했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 포근해요안 포근합니다안 포근해안 포근하다
-지 않다Not (long) 포근하지 않아요포근하지 않습니다포근하지 않아포근하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 포근하세요포근하십니다포근하셔포근하시다
과거Past 포근하셨어요포근하셨습니다포근하셨어포근하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
포근한
과거Past
포근한
미래Future
포근할
회상Used to
포근하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
포근하고
-게-ly / so that
포근하게
-어서so / and then
포근해서
-으니까since
포근하니까
-으면if / when
포근하면
-지만but
포근하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
포근한데
-어도even if
포근해도

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.

여러분은 포근함을 느끼지 못하겠죠.

You don't feel enclosed.

조명이 정말 포근해요

And the lights are very forgiving.

팀이란 소릴 들으니 마음이 포근하군

Oh, man, I love it when you say "a team." it makes me all warm and fuzzy.

저는 아이들이 처음에는 굉장히 따뜻하고 포근하다는 것을 인정합니다.

And I have to admit, at the beginning, they're really cute and warm and snugly.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 포근하다 in Korean?

포근하다 (to be cozy and snug) is 포근해요 in the polite 해요체, 포근합니다 in formal 합니다체, 포근해 in casual 반말 and 포근하다 in the plain written style. The past is 포근했어요.

What is the past tense of 포근하다?

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

Is 포근하다 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 포근하여 and 포근하니 but unchanged in 포근합니다.

What TOPIK level is 포근하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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