용감하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be brave, courageous
Every form of 용감하다 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
- 용감한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 용감해
- -으니Since
- 용감하니
- 합니다Formal
- 용감합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 용감해요 | 용감합니다 | 용감해 | 용감하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 용감했어요 | 용감했습니다 | 용감했어 | 용감했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 용감하겠어요 | 용감하겠습니다 | 용감하겠어 | 용감하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 용감할 거예요 | 용감할 것입니다 | 용감할 거야 | 용감할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 용감해요? | 용감합니까? | 용감해? | 용감하니? |
| 과거Past | 용감했어요? | 용감했습니까? | 용감했어? | 용감했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 용감해요 | 안 용감합니다 | 안 용감해 | 안 용감하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 용감하지 않아요 | 용감하지 않습니다 | 용감하지 않아 | 용감하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 용감하세요 | 용감하십니다 | 용감하셔 | 용감하시다 |
| 과거Past | 용감하셨어요 | 용감하셨습니다 | 용감하셨어 | 용감하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 용감한
- 과거Past
- 용감한
- 미래Future
- 용감할
- 회상Used to
- 용감하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 용감하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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