수월하다 Korean adjective conjugation

easy

Every form of 수월하다 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
수월한
아/어Infinitive
수월해
-으니Since
수월하니
합니다Formal
수월합니다

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 수월해요수월합니다수월해수월하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 수월했어요수월했습니다수월했어수월했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 수월하겠어요수월하겠습니다수월하겠어수월하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 수월할 거예요수월할 것입니다수월할 거야수월할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 수월해요?수월합니까?수월해?수월하니?
과거Past 수월했어요?수월했습니까?수월했어?수월했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 수월해요안 수월합니다안 수월해안 수월하다
-지 않다Not (long) 수월하지 않아요수월하지 않습니다수월하지 않아수월하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 수월하세요수월하십니다수월하셔수월하시다
과거Past 수월하셨어요수월하셨습니다수월하셨어수월하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
수월한
과거Past
수월한
미래Future
수월할
회상Used to
수월하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
수월하고
-게-ly / so that
수월하게
-어서so / and then
수월해서
-으니까since
수월하니까
-으면if / when
수월하면
-지만but
수월하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
수월한데
-어도even if
수월해도

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.

언니와 경기하는 게 더 어렵나요 수월한가요?

Is it harder for you playing her or easier?

지금이었다면 훨씬 수월했겠죠.

Today, it would be so much easier.

낮에는 일하기가 수월해요

In daylight, it's easy to work.

계산 과정이 더 수월해지네요.

And so this simplifies things a good bit.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 수월하다 in Korean?

수월하다 (easy) is 수월해요 in the polite 해요체, 수월합니다 in formal 합니다체, 수월해 in casual 반말 and 수월하다 in the plain written style. The past is 수월했어요.

What is the past tense of 수월하다?

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

Is 수월하다 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 수월하여 and 수월하니 but unchanged in 수월합니다.

What TOPIK level is 수월하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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