연약하다 Korean adjective conjugation

weak, feeble

Every form of 연약하다 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
연약한
아/어Infinitive
연약해
-으니Since
연약하니
합니다Formal
연약합니다

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 연약해요연약합니다연약해연약하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 연약했어요연약했습니다연약했어연약했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 연약하겠어요연약하겠습니다연약하겠어연약하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 연약할 거예요연약할 것입니다연약할 거야연약할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 연약해요?연약합니까?연약해?연약하니?
과거Past 연약했어요?연약했습니까?연약했어?연약했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 연약해요안 연약합니다안 연약해안 연약하다
-지 않다Not (long) 연약하지 않아요연약하지 않습니다연약하지 않아연약하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 연약하세요연약하십니다연약하셔연약하시다
과거Past 연약하셨어요연약하셨습니다연약하셨어연약하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
연약한
과거Past
연약한
미래Future
연약할
회상Used to
연약하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
연약하고
-게-ly / so that
연약하게
-어서so / and then
연약해서
-으니까since
연약하니까
-으면if / when
연약하면
-지만but
연약하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
연약한데
-어도even if
연약해도

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.

그렇죠? 여자는 연약하고, 남자는 강하다고.

Right? Girls are weak, and boys are strong.

연약함 따위요? 그런 건 절대 두고 보지 않았죠.

And their soft? It never left the house.

아이들은 이 세상에서 제일 중요하고 제일 연약해요.

I think we'd all agree that children are the most important people in the world and the most vulnerable.

연약함은 스스로 책임감을 갖도록 압박하는 것이기도 합니다.

Soft is also a push to hold ourselves accountable.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 연약하다 in Korean?

연약하다 (weak, feeble) is 연약해요 in the polite 해요체, 연약합니다 in formal 합니다체, 연약해 in casual 반말 and 연약하다 in the plain written style. The past is 연약했어요.

What is the past tense of 연약하다?

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

Is 연약하다 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 연약하여 and 연약하니 but unchanged in 연약합니다.

What TOPIK level is 연약하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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