여전하다

to be unchanged, the same as before

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
여전한
아/어Infinitive
여전해
-으니Since
여전하니
합니다Formal
여전합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여전해요여전합니다여전해여전하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여전했어요여전했습니다여전했어여전했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 여전하겠어요여전하겠습니다여전하겠어여전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 여전할 거예요여전할 것입니다여전할 거야여전할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여전해요?여전합니까?여전해?여전하니?
과거Past 여전했어요?여전했습니까?여전했어?여전했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 여전해요안 여전합니다안 여전해안 여전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 여전하지 않아요여전하지 않습니다여전하지 않아여전하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여전하세요여전하십니다여전하셔여전하시다
과거Past 여전하셨어요여전하셨습니다여전하셨어여전하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
여전한
과거Past
여전한
미래Future
여전할
회상Used to
여전하던

Joining clauses

-고and
여전하고
-게-ly / so that
여전하게
-어서so / and then
여전해서
-으니까since
여전하니까
-으면if / when
여전하면
-지만but
여전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
여전한데
-어도even if
여전해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

딴 사람으로 변신하다니 하지만 네 눈은 여전해

Remarkable transformation, but you still have the eyes.

그는 작년에 쫓겨 났지만 우리는 최근에도 그 문제가 여전하다는 걸 접하고 있습니다.

He was ousted last year, but we've seen recently that the problems have persisted.

그곳에 부패가 여전하다면 어떻게 아프리카에 투자할 수 있는가 ?

How can you invest in Africa when there's corruption?"

하지만 상처는 여전하군요

But some of the wounds are still oozing.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 여전하다 in Korean?

여전하다 (to be unchanged, the same as before) is 여전해요 in the polite 해요체, 여전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 여전해 in casual 반말 and 여전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 여전했어요.

What is the past tense of 여전하다?

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

Is 여전하다 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 여전하여 and 여전하니 but unchanged in 여전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 여전하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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