탄탄하다

compacted, tight

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
탄탄한
아/어Infinitive
탄탄해
-으니Since
탄탄하니
합니다Formal
탄탄합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탄탄해요탄탄합니다탄탄해탄탄하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 탄탄했어요탄탄했습니다탄탄했어탄탄했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 탄탄하겠어요탄탄하겠습니다탄탄하겠어탄탄하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 탄탄할 거예요탄탄할 것입니다탄탄할 거야탄탄할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탄탄해요?탄탄합니까?탄탄해?탄탄하니?
과거Past 탄탄했어요?탄탄했습니까?탄탄했어?탄탄했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 탄탄해요안 탄탄합니다안 탄탄해안 탄탄하다
-지 않다Not (long) 탄탄하지 않아요탄탄하지 않습니다탄탄하지 않아탄탄하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 탄탄하세요탄탄하십니다탄탄하셔탄탄하시다
과거Past 탄탄하셨어요탄탄하셨습니다탄탄하셨어탄탄하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
탄탄한
과거Past
탄탄한
미래Future
탄탄할
회상Used to
탄탄하던

Joining clauses

-고and
탄탄하고
-게-ly / so that
탄탄하게
-어서so / and then
탄탄해서
-으니까since
탄탄하니까
-으면if / when
탄탄하면
-지만but
탄탄하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
탄탄한데
-어도even if
탄탄해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

물론 중국 도시들의 역사는 탄탄합니다.

The history, of course, of Chinese cities is robust.

그런 면에서 우리는 바닥이 탄탄한 문화죠.

We are a bottom-heavy culture in more ways than one.

또, 전에 없이 탄탄한 단체정신이 만들어졌죠.

And also, a new and more intense team spirit formed.

하지만 전 탄탄한 과학 위에 지어졌다고 믿습니다.

But I believe it's built on solid science.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 탄탄하다 in Korean?

탄탄하다 (compacted, tight) is 탄탄해요 in the polite 해요체, 탄탄합니다 in formal 합니다체, 탄탄해 in casual 반말 and 탄탄하다 in the plain written style. The past is 탄탄했어요.

What is the past tense of 탄탄하다?

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

Is 탄탄하다 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 탄탄하여 and 탄탄하니 but unchanged in 탄탄합니다.

What TOPIK level is 탄탄하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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