뜻있다 Korean adjective conjugation
meaningful
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 뜻있어요 | 뜻있습니다 | 뜻있어 | 뜻있다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 뜻있었어요 | 뜻있었습니다 | 뜻있었어 | 뜻있었다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 뜻있겠어요 | 뜻있겠습니다 | 뜻있겠어 | 뜻있겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 뜻있을 거예요 | 뜻있을 것입니다 | 뜻있을 거야 | 뜻있을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뜻있어요? | 뜻있습니까? | 뜻있어? | 뜻있으니? |
| 과거Past | 뜻있었어요? | 뜻있었습니까? | 뜻있었어? | 뜻있었니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 뜻있어요 | 안 뜻있습니다 | 안 뜻있어 | 안 뜻있다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 뜻있지 않아요 | 뜻있지 않습니다 | 뜻있지 않아 | 뜻있지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뜻있으세요 | 뜻있으십니다 | 뜻있으셔 | 뜻있으시다 |
| 과거Past | 뜻있으셨어요 | 뜻있으셨습니다 | 뜻있으셨어 | 뜻있으셨다 |
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.
- 1이 뜻있다
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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