유연하다 Korean adjective conjugation

limber, lithesome, pliable, supple

Every form of 유연하다 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
유연한
아/어Infinitive
유연해
-으니Since
유연하니
합니다Formal
유연합니다

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 유연해요유연합니다유연해유연하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유연했어요유연했습니다유연했어유연했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 유연하겠어요유연하겠습니다유연하겠어유연하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 유연할 거예요유연할 것입니다유연할 거야유연할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유연해요?유연합니까?유연해?유연하니?
과거Past 유연했어요?유연했습니까?유연했어?유연했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 유연해요안 유연합니다안 유연해안 유연하다
-지 않다Not (long) 유연하지 않아요유연하지 않습니다유연하지 않아유연하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유연하세요유연하십니다유연하셔유연하시다
과거Past 유연하셨어요유연하셨습니다유연하셨어유연하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
유연한
과거Past
유연한
미래Future
유연할
회상Used to
유연하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
유연하고
-게-ly / so that
유연하게
-어서so / and then
유연해서
-으니까since
유연하니까
-으면if / when
유연하면
-지만but
유연하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
유연한데
-어도even if
유연해도

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.

제가 받는 느낌은 부드럽고 유연합니다.

My interface is soft and compliant.

얼마나 유연해 지셧는지 이렇게 보여주셨습니다.

They wanted to show me how much more flexible they were.

여러분이 과거를 본다면, 혹은 여러분이 아주 유연하다면, 안을 들여다봐요.

If you look like that, you look to the past, or you look inside if you are very flexible, inside yourself.

느낄 수 있는 물체가 없기 때문에, 전달 장치는 아주 유연합니다.

That means there is nothing to feel, so we can have a very, very flexible interface.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 유연하다 in Korean?

유연하다 (limber, lithesome, pliable, supple) is 유연해요 in the polite 해요체, 유연합니다 in formal 합니다체, 유연해 in casual 반말 and 유연하다 in the plain written style. The past is 유연했어요.

What is the past tense of 유연하다?

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

Is 유연하다 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 유연하여 and 유연하니 but unchanged in 유연합니다.

What TOPIK level is 유연하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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