완만하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be gentle

Every form of 완만하다 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
완만한
아/어Infinitive
완만해
-으니Since
완만하니
합니다Formal
완만합니다

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 완만해요완만합니다완만해완만하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 완만했어요완만했습니다완만했어완만했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 완만하겠어요완만하겠습니다완만하겠어완만하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 완만할 거예요완만할 것입니다완만할 거야완만할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 완만해요?완만합니까?완만해?완만하니?
과거Past 완만했어요?완만했습니까?완만했어?완만했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 완만해요안 완만합니다안 완만해안 완만하다
-지 않다Not (long) 완만하지 않아요완만하지 않습니다완만하지 않아완만하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 완만하세요완만하십니다완만하셔완만하시다
과거Past 완만하셨어요완만하셨습니다완만하셨어완만하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
완만한
과거Past
완만한
미래Future
완만할
회상Used to
완만하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
완만하고
-게-ly / so that
완만하게
-어서so / and then
완만해서
-으니까since
완만하니까
-으면if / when
완만하면
-지만but
완만하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
완만한데
-어도even if
완만해도

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.

제가 생각하기엔 정치적인 변화의 속도는 너무 느리고 완만합니다

To me, the pace of political changes is too slow, too gradual.

마을은 변하지 않았지만, 산에 좀 더 완만한 경사의 내리막이 생겼습니다

Village wasn't changed, but the mountain now has a more gentle downward slope.

뉴욕 공공 도서관 앞에 있는 것 같은 완만하고 기념비적인 계단을 내려가고 있다고 잠시 상상해보세요.

So for a second, think about stepping down a gradual, monumental staircase like the one in front of the New York Public Library.

하지만 그 빛이 완만한 각도로 이동한다면, 이것은 유리 덫에 갇혀 벽에 튕기며 구부러진 모양으로 질주합니다.

But if the ray travels at a shallow angle, it’ll bend so far that it stays trapped, bouncing along inside the glass.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 완만하다 in Korean?

완만하다 (to be gentle) is 완만해요 in the polite 해요체, 완만합니다 in formal 합니다체, 완만해 in casual 반말 and 완만하다 in the plain written style. The past is 완만했어요.

What is the past tense of 완만하다?

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

Is 완만하다 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 완만하여 and 완만하니 but unchanged in 완만합니다.

What TOPIK level is 완만하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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