평이하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be easy

Every form of 평이하다 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
평이한
아/어Infinitive
평이해
-으니Since
평이하니
합니다Formal
평이합니다

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 평이해요평이합니다평이해평이하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 평이했어요평이했습니다평이했어평이했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 평이하겠어요평이하겠습니다평이하겠어평이하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 평이할 거예요평이할 것입니다평이할 거야평이할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평이해요?평이합니까?평이해?평이하니?
과거Past 평이했어요?평이했습니까?평이했어?평이했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 평이해요안 평이합니다안 평이해안 평이하다
-지 않다Not (long) 평이하지 않아요평이하지 않습니다평이하지 않아평이하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 평이하세요평이하십니다평이하셔평이하시다
과거Past 평이하셨어요평이하셨습니다평이하셨어평이하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
평이한
과거Past
평이한
미래Future
평이할
회상Used to
평이하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
평이하고
-게-ly / so that
평이하게
-어서so / and then
평이해서
-으니까since
평이하니까
-으면if / when
평이하면
-지만but
평이하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
평이한데
-어도even if
평이해도

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.

곡에 대한 그의 해설은 다소 지나치게 평이하다.

His interpretation of the song was rather too shallow.

이 시험의 난이도는 평이한 편이다.

The difficulty level of this exam is on the easy side.

평이한 문체

a simple style

첫째는, 전자가 전자장에서 여기인 것처럼 힉스 입자도 평이하게 모든 것을 통과하는 힉스장의 여기인 입자입니다.

First, just like the electron is an excitation in the electron field, the Higgs boson is simply a particle which is an excitation of the everywhere-permeating Higgs field.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 평이하다 in Korean?

평이하다 (to be easy) is 평이해요 in the polite 해요체, 평이합니다 in formal 합니다체, 평이해 in casual 반말 and 평이하다 in the plain written style. The past is 평이했어요.

What is the past tense of 평이하다?

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

Is 평이하다 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 평이하여 and 평이하니 but unchanged in 평이합니다.

What TOPIK level is 평이하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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