통통하다 Korean adjective conjugation

chubby, plump

Every form of 통통하다 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
통통한
아/어Infinitive
통통해
-으니Since
통통하니
합니다Formal
통통합니다

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 통통해요통통합니다통통해통통하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 통통했어요통통했습니다통통했어통통했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 통통하겠어요통통하겠습니다통통하겠어통통하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 통통할 거예요통통할 것입니다통통할 거야통통할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 통통해요?통통합니까?통통해?통통하니?
과거Past 통통했어요?통통했습니까?통통했어?통통했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 통통해요안 통통합니다안 통통해안 통통하다
-지 않다Not (long) 통통하지 않아요통통하지 않습니다통통하지 않아통통하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 통통하세요통통하십니다통통하셔통통하시다
과거Past 통통하셨어요통통하셨습니다통통하셨어통통하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
통통한
과거Past
통통한
미래Future
통통할
회상Used to
통통하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
통통하고
-게-ly / so that
통통하게
-어서so / and then
통통해서
-으니까since
통통하니까
-으면if / when
통통하면
-지만but
통통하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
통통한데
-어도even if
통통해도

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.

그의 얼굴에서는 소년 같은 통통함이 사라지고 없었다.

His face had lost its boyish roundness.

볼이 통통하다

chubby cheeks

그녀의 대부분의 고객이 이렇게 건강하고 통통한 아기들을 출산하도록 했어요.

She's been able to get almost all her clients to term with healthy, chunky babies like this one.

통통하고 귀여운 사람이었죠. 저에게 무슨 일이냐고까지 물어봤죠.

He was a chubby, loveable guy, and he even asked me, "Why?"

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 통통하다 in Korean?

통통하다 (chubby, plump) is 통통해요 in the polite 해요체, 통통합니다 in formal 합니다체, 통통해 in casual 반말 and 통통하다 in the plain written style. The past is 통통했어요.

What is the past tense of 통통하다?

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

Is 통통하다 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 통통하여 and 통통하니 but unchanged in 통통합니다.

What TOPIK level is 통통하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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