울창하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be luxuriant

Every form of 울창하다 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
울창한
아/어Infinitive
울창해
-으니Since
울창하니
합니다Formal
울창합니다

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 울창해요울창합니다울창해울창하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 울창했어요울창했습니다울창했어울창했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 울창하겠어요울창하겠습니다울창하겠어울창하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 울창할 거예요울창할 것입니다울창할 거야울창할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울창해요?울창합니까?울창해?울창하니?
과거Past 울창했어요?울창했습니까?울창했어?울창했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 울창해요안 울창합니다안 울창해안 울창하다
-지 않다Not (long) 울창하지 않아요울창하지 않습니다울창하지 않아울창하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울창하세요울창하십니다울창하셔울창하시다
과거Past 울창하셨어요울창하셨습니다울창하셨어울창하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
울창한
과거Past
울창한
미래Future
울창할
회상Used to
울창하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
울창하고
-게-ly / so that
울창하게
-어서so / and then
울창해서
-으니까since
울창하니까
-으면if / when
울창하면
-지만but
울창하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
울창한데
-어도even if
울창해도

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.

울창한 숲이 있었습니다.

It was a thick forest.

역사적인 마을도 지나고 울창한 숲과 과거 노예 농장도 지났습니다.

We walked through historic towns, through dense forest, past former plantations.

숲이 울창했던 그곳에 공장이 들어선지 이미 오래지만 그 시절 소나무들을 밝히던 달빛은 변함없이 밝다.

Though it has been a long time since factories were established in that place where the forest had been lush, the moonlight which illuminated the pine trees in those times are as bright as ever.

오크 나무로 울창한 숲들, 밀밭과 포도밭, 무척 아름다운 곳이지요.

It's gorgeous, with forests of oak and wheat fields and vineyards.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 울창하다 in Korean?

울창하다 (to be luxuriant) is 울창해요 in the polite 해요체, 울창합니다 in formal 합니다체, 울창해 in casual 반말 and 울창하다 in the plain written style. The past is 울창했어요.

What is the past tense of 울창하다?

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

Is 울창하다 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 울창하여 and 울창하니 but unchanged in 울창합니다.

What TOPIK level is 울창하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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