평범하다 Korean adjective conjugation

ordinary

Every form of 평범하다 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
평범한
아/어Infinitive
평범해
-으니Since
평범하니
합니다Formal
평범합니다

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 평범해요평범합니다평범해평범하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 평범했어요평범했습니다평범했어평범했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 평범하겠어요평범하겠습니다평범하겠어평범하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 평범할 거예요평범할 것입니다평범할 거야평범할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평범해요?평범합니까?평범해?평범하니?
과거Past 평범했어요?평범했습니까?평범했어?평범했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 평범해요안 평범합니다안 평범해안 평범하다
-지 않다Not (long) 평범하지 않아요평범하지 않습니다평범하지 않아평범하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평범하세요평범하십니다평범하셔평범하시다
과거Past 평범하셨어요평범하셨습니다평범하셨어평범하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
평범한
과거Past
평범한
미래Future
평범할
회상Used to
평범하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
평범하고
-게-ly / so that
평범하게
-어서so / and then
평범해서
-으니까since
평범하니까
-으면if / when
평범하면
-지만but
평범하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
평범한데
-어도even if
평범해도

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.

평범한 차도 있었습니다.

We had a regular car, too.

평범한 이들이 볼 물건이 아니네

It's not for the eyes of ordinary men.

평범한 제안을 한 가지 드리겠습니다.

I'd like to offer a modest proposal.

저희는 평범했던 때로 도망치고 싶었습니다.

We want to flee back to the land of normal.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 평범하다 in Korean?

평범하다 (ordinary) is 평범해요 in the polite 해요체, 평범합니다 in formal 합니다체, 평범해 in casual 반말 and 평범하다 in the plain written style. The past is 평범했어요.

What is the past tense of 평범하다?

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

Is 평범하다 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 평범하여 and 평범하니 but unchanged in 평범합니다.

What TOPIK level is 평범하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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