용감하다

to be brave, courageous

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
용감한
아/어Infinitive
용감해
-으니Since
용감하니
합니다Formal
용감합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 용감해요용감합니다용감해용감하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 용감했어요용감했습니다용감했어용감했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 용감하겠어요용감하겠습니다용감하겠어용감하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 용감할 거예요용감할 것입니다용감할 거야용감할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 용감해요?용감합니까?용감해?용감하니?
과거Past 용감했어요?용감했습니까?용감했어?용감했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 용감해요안 용감합니다안 용감해안 용감하다
-지 않다Not (long) 용감하지 않아요용감하지 않습니다용감하지 않아용감하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 용감하세요용감하십니다용감하셔용감하시다
과거Past 용감하셨어요용감하셨습니다용감하셨어용감하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
용감한
과거Past
용감한
미래Future
용감할
회상Used to
용감하던

Joining clauses

-고and
용감하고
-게-ly / so that
용감하게
-어서so / and then
용감해서
-으니까since
용감하니까
-으면if / when
용감하면
-지만but
용감하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
용감한데
-어도even if
용감해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

봐요, 참 용감하네

Look at that. She is so brave.

저 분들이 저보다 훨씬 용감했어요.

That guy's much braver than I am.

그런데 듣자하니 저는 꽤 용감하다더군요.

So apparently, I've got a pretty bold voice.

그들은 용감한 말을 타고 전진해서 공격했죠.

They rode towards him on their valiant steeds and attacked.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 용감하다 in Korean?

용감하다 (to be brave, courageous) is 용감해요 in the polite 해요체, 용감합니다 in formal 합니다체, 용감해 in casual 반말 and 용감하다 in the plain written style. The past is 용감했어요.

What is the past tense of 용감하다?

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

Is 용감하다 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 용감하여 and 용감하니 but unchanged in 용감합니다.

What TOPIK level is 용감하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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