유명하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be famous

Every form of 유명하다 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
유명한
아/어Infinitive
유명해
-으니Since
유명하니
합니다Formal
유명합니다

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 유명해요유명합니다유명해유명하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유명했어요유명했습니다유명했어유명했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 유명하겠어요유명하겠습니다유명하겠어유명하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 유명할 거예요유명할 것입니다유명할 거야유명할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유명해요?유명합니까?유명해?유명하니?
과거Past 유명했어요?유명했습니까?유명했어?유명했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 유명해요안 유명합니다안 유명해안 유명하다
-지 않다Not (long) 유명하지 않아요유명하지 않습니다유명하지 않아유명하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유명하세요유명하십니다유명하셔유명하시다
과거Past 유명하셨어요유명하셨습니다유명하셨어유명하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
유명한
과거Past
유명한
미래Future
유명할
회상Used to
유명하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
유명하고
-게-ly / so that
유명하게
-어서so / and then
유명해서
-으니까since
유명하니까
-으면if / when
유명하면
-지만but
유명하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
유명한데
-어도even if
유명해도

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.

유명한 이름들을 잊으세요.

Forget the big names.

그럼, 문신은 왜 유명하죠?

So, why are tattoos so popular?

하지만 왜 스우시가 유명할까요?

But why is the swoosh so popular?

캐네디 대통령의 유명한 말입니다.

It's the classic JFK quote.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 유명하다 in Korean?

유명하다 (to be famous) is 유명해요 in the polite 해요체, 유명합니다 in formal 합니다체, 유명해 in casual 반말 and 유명하다 in the plain written style. The past is 유명했어요.

What is the past tense of 유명하다?

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

Is 유명하다 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 유명하여 and 유명하니 but unchanged in 유명합니다.

What TOPIK level is 유명하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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