태연하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be calm
Every form of 태연하다 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
- 태연한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 태연해
- -으니Since
- 태연하니
- 합니다Formal
- 태연합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 태연해요 | 태연합니다 | 태연해 | 태연하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 태연했어요 | 태연했습니다 | 태연했어 | 태연했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 태연하겠어요 | 태연하겠습니다 | 태연하겠어 | 태연하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 태연할 거예요 | 태연할 것입니다 | 태연할 거야 | 태연할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 태연해요? | 태연합니까? | 태연해? | 태연하니? |
| 과거Past | 태연했어요? | 태연했습니까? | 태연했어? | 태연했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 태연해요 | 안 태연합니다 | 안 태연해 | 안 태연하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 태연하지 않아요 | 태연하지 않습니다 | 태연하지 않아 | 태연하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 태연하세요 | 태연하십니다 | 태연하셔 | 태연하시다 |
| 과거Past | 태연하셨어요 | 태연하셨습니다 | 태연하셨어 | 태연하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 태연한
- 과거Past
- 태연한
- 미래Future
- 태연할
- 회상Used to
- 태연하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 태연하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 태연하게
- -어서so / and then
- 태연해서
- -으니까since
- 태연하니까
- -으면if / when
- 태연하면
- -지만but
- 태연하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 태연한데
- -어도even if
- 태연해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 태연하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그 직원은 계속해서 태연하게 내부를 들여다 보고 있었습니다.
He continued looking inside, unfazed, and I remember wondering why he wasn’t scared.
태연하게 문을 열고 나갈 거야
I keep walking out the door, nice and calm.
전처럼 함께 일하면서 태연하게 친구처럼 지낼지 말이야
I don't know how we work together and be friends and act like it's all OK.
어쩜 그렇게 태연해요?
How can you be so calm about this?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 태연하다 in Korean?
태연하다 (to be calm) is 태연해요 in the polite 해요체, 태연합니다 in formal 합니다체, 태연해 in casual 반말 and 태연하다 in the plain written style. The past is 태연했어요.
What is the past tense of 태연하다?
태연했어요 in everyday polite speech, 태연했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 태연하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 태연하다 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 태연하여 and 태연하니 but unchanged in 태연합니다.
What TOPIK level is 태연하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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