뜻있다 Korean adjective conjugation

meaningful

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뜻있다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
뜻있는
아/어Infinitive
뜻있어
-으니Since
뜻있으니
합니다Formal
뜻있습니다

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 뜻있어요뜻있습니다뜻있어뜻있다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜻있었어요뜻있었습니다뜻있었어뜻있었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜻있겠어요뜻있겠습니다뜻있겠어뜻있겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜻있을 거예요뜻있을 것입니다뜻있을 거야뜻있을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜻있어요?뜻있습니까?뜻있어?뜻있으니?
과거Past 뜻있었어요?뜻있었습니까?뜻있었어?뜻있었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뜻있어요안 뜻있습니다안 뜻있어안 뜻있다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜻있지 않아요뜻있지 않습니다뜻있지 않아뜻있지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜻있으세요뜻있으십니다뜻있으셔뜻있으시다
과거Past 뜻있으셨어요뜻있으셨습니다뜻있으셨어뜻있으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜻있는
과거Past
뜻있은
미래Future
뜻있을
회상Used to
뜻있던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뜻있고
-게-ly / so that
뜻있게
-어서so / and then
뜻있어서
-으니까since
뜻있으니까
-으면if / when
뜻있으면
-지만but
뜻있지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜻있는데
-어도even if
뜻있어도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜻있다 in Korean?

뜻있다 (meaningful) is 뜻있어요 in the polite 해요체, 뜻있습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뜻있어 in casual 반말 and 뜻있다 in the plain written style. The past is 뜻있었어요.

What is the past tense of 뜻있다?

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

Is 뜻있다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뜻있습니다, 뜻있어, 뜻있으니 all keep 뜻있 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뜻있다?

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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