유능하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be capable

Every form of 유능하다 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
유능한
아/어Infinitive
유능해
-으니Since
유능하니
합니다Formal
유능합니다

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 유능해요유능합니다유능해유능하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유능했어요유능했습니다유능했어유능했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 유능하겠어요유능하겠습니다유능하겠어유능하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 유능할 거예요유능할 것입니다유능할 거야유능할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유능해요?유능합니까?유능해?유능하니?
과거Past 유능했어요?유능했습니까?유능했어?유능했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 유능해요안 유능합니다안 유능해안 유능하다
-지 않다Not (long) 유능하지 않아요유능하지 않습니다유능하지 않아유능하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유능하세요유능하십니다유능하셔유능하시다
과거Past 유능하셨어요유능하셨습니다유능하셨어유능하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
유능한
과거Past
유능한
미래Future
유능할
회상Used to
유능하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
유능하고
-게-ly / so that
유능하게
-어서so / and then
유능해서
-으니까since
유능하니까
-으면if / when
유능하면
-지만but
유능하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
유능한데
-어도even if
유능해도

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.

유능한 자본주의자 미국인들이 뭘 했을까요?

So being good American capitalists, what did we do?

이 비디오는 유능한 사람들이 있다는 걸 보여주죠.

So that shows you that we have people who are capable of doing.

유능한 사람은 나야

Oh, please. I am capable.

유능한 사람들을 한 번 살펴보십시오.

Think about people who are competent.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 유능하다 in Korean?

유능하다 (to be capable) is 유능해요 in the polite 해요체, 유능합니다 in formal 합니다체, 유능해 in casual 반말 and 유능하다 in the plain written style. The past is 유능했어요.

What is the past tense of 유능하다?

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

Is 유능하다 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 유능하여 and 유능하니 but unchanged in 유능합니다.

What TOPIK level is 유능하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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