편하다 Korean adjective conjugation

comfortable, at ease

Every form of 편하다 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
편한
아/어Infinitive
편해
-으니Since
편하니
합니다Formal
편합니다

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 편해요편합니다편해편하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 편했어요편했습니다편했어편했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 편하겠어요편하겠습니다편하겠어편하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 편할 거예요편할 것입니다편할 거야편할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편해요?편합니까?편해?편하니?
과거Past 편했어요?편했습니까?편했어?편했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 편해요안 편합니다안 편해안 편하다
-지 않다Not (long) 편하지 않아요편하지 않습니다편하지 않아편하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편하세요편하십니다편하셔편하시다
과거Past 편하셨어요편하셨습니다편하셨어편하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
편한
과거Past
편한
미래Future
편할
회상Used to
편하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
편하고
-게-ly / so that
편하게
-어서so / and then
편해서
-으니까since
편하니까
-으면if / when
편하면
-지만but
편하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
편한데
-어도even if
편해도

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 약이 좀 편하게 해줄거에요.

This medicine will give you some relief.

내 집 같이 편한 그곳을요.

A place for me to call my own.

집에 있던 백소정은 마음이 편치 않았죠.

At home, Bai Su Zhen was uneasy.

이건 그냥 제가 편하게 생각하는 방법이에요.

This is just what I feel well-suited to do.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 편하다 in Korean?

편하다 (comfortable, at ease) is 편해요 in the polite 해요체, 편합니다 in formal 합니다체, 편해 in casual 반말 and 편하다 in the plain written style. The past is 편했어요.

What is the past tense of 편하다?

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

Is 편하다 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 편하여 and 편하니 but unchanged in 편합니다.

What TOPIK level is 편하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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