뚜렷하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be clear, distinct
Every form of 뚜렷하다 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
- 뚜렷한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 뚜렷해
- -으니Since
- 뚜렷하니
- 합니다Formal
- 뚜렷합니다
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 | 뚜렷해요 | 뚜렷합니다 | 뚜렷해 | 뚜렷하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 뚜렷했어요 | 뚜렷했습니다 | 뚜렷했어 | 뚜렷했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 뚜렷하겠어요 | 뚜렷하겠습니다 | 뚜렷하겠어 | 뚜렷하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 뚜렷할 거예요 | 뚜렷할 것입니다 | 뚜렷할 거야 | 뚜렷할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뚜렷해요? | 뚜렷합니까? | 뚜렷해? | 뚜렷하니? |
| 과거Past | 뚜렷했어요? | 뚜렷했습니까? | 뚜렷했어? | 뚜렷했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 뚜렷해요 | 안 뚜렷합니다 | 안 뚜렷해 | 안 뚜렷하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 뚜렷하지 않아요 | 뚜렷하지 않습니다 | 뚜렷하지 않아 | 뚜렷하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뚜렷하세요 | 뚜렷하십니다 | 뚜렷하셔 | 뚜렷하시다 |
| 과거Past | 뚜렷하셨어요 | 뚜렷하셨습니다 | 뚜렷하셨어 | 뚜렷하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 뚜렷한
- 과거Past
- 뚜렷한
- 미래Future
- 뚜렷할
- 회상Used to
- 뚜렷하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 뚜렷하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 뚜렷하게
- -어서so / and then
- 뚜렷해서
- -으니까since
- 뚜렷하니까
- -으면if / when
- 뚜렷하면
- -지만but
- 뚜렷하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 뚜렷한데
- -어도even if
- 뚜렷해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 뚜렷하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
제가 느낄 수 있는 뚜렷한 변화가 나타났습니다.
But, lo and behold, by 16, by 17, there were demonstrable differences in the way I felt.
하지만 길은 그 누구에게도 뚜렷하지 않았습니다.
But the path didn't start out clear to all these guys either.
공간에는, 사용할 수 있는 뚜렷한 그리드는 없다.
In space, there is no clear coordinate grid to use.
불평등은 오늘날 경제 전망의 뚜렷한 특징이 되었습니다.
So inequality has really become a defining feature of today's economic landscape.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 뚜렷하다 in Korean?
뚜렷하다 (to be clear, distinct) is 뚜렷해요 in the polite 해요체, 뚜렷합니다 in formal 합니다체, 뚜렷해 in casual 반말 and 뚜렷하다 in the plain written style. The past is 뚜렷했어요.
What is the past tense of 뚜렷하다?
뚜렷했어요 in everyday polite speech, 뚜렷했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 뚜렷하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 뚜렷하다 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 뚜렷하여 and 뚜렷하니 but unchanged in 뚜렷합니다.
What TOPIK level is 뚜렷하다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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