행복하다

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Korean

Etymology

행복(幸福) (haengbok) +‎ -하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haengbokhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haengboghada
McCune–Reischauer?haengbokhada
Yale Romanization?hāyngpok.hata

Adjective

행복하다 • (haengbokhada) (infinitive 행복해 or 행복하여, sequential 행복하니)

  1. to be happy
    우리 가족은 항상 행복합니다. ― Uri gajog-eun hangsang haengbok-hamnida. ― Our family is always happy.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 행복하다 (haengbokhada): vowel-stem, 하(ha)-irregular
Sentence-final forms
Formal non-polite
(해라체) 		Informal non-polite
(해체) 		Informal polite
(해요체) 		Formal polite
(하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 행복하다
haengbokhada 		행복해
haengbokhae 		행복해요
haengbokhaeyo 		행복합니다
haengbokhamnida
Past 행복했다
haengbokhaetda 		행복했어
haengbokhaesseo 		행복했어요
haengbokhaesseoyo 		행복했습니다
haengbokhaetseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 행복하냐
haengbokhanya 		행복해
haengbokhae 		행복해요
haengbokhaeyo 		행복합니까
haengbokhamnikka
Past 행복했냐
haengbokhaennya 		행복했어
haengbokhaesseo 		행복했어요
haengbokhaesseoyo 		행복했습니까
haengbokhaetseumnikka
Assertive 행복하겠다
haengbokhagetda		 행복하겠어
haengbokhagesseo		 행복하겠어요
haengbokhagesseoyo		 행복하겠습니다
haengbokhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason 행복해
haengbokhae		 행복해서, 행복하여서
haengbokhaeseo, haengbokhayeoseo		 행복하니
haengbokhani		 행복하니까
haengbokhanikka
Contrast 행복하지만
haengbokhajiman		 행복한데
haengbokhande		 행복하더니
haengbokhadeoni
Conjunction 행복하고
haengbokhago
Condition 행복하면
haengbokhamyeon		 행복해야, 행복하여야
haengbokhaeya, haengbokhayeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns 행복함
haengbokham		 행복하기
haengbokhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns 행복했음, 행복하였음
haengbokhaesseum, haengbokhayeosseum		 행복했기, 행복하였기
haengbokhaetgi, haengbokhayeotgi
Determiners Present 행복한
haengbokhan
Future 행복할
haengbokhal


Sentence-final forms with honorific
Plain (해라체) Informal (해체) Polite (해요체) Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 행복하시다
haengbokhasida 		행복하셔
haengbokhasyeo 		행복하세요, 행복하셔요
haengbokhaseyo, haengbokhasyeoyo 		행복하십니다
haengbokhasimnida
Past 행복하셨다
haengbokhasyeotda 		행복하셨어
haengbokhasyeosseo 		행복하셨어요
haengbokhasyeosseoyo 		행복하셨습니다
haengbokhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 행복하시냐
haengbokhasinya 		행복하셔
haengbokhasyeo 		행복하세요, 행복하셔요
haengbokhaseyo, haengbokhasyeoyo 		행복하십니까
haengbokhasimnikka
Past 행복하셨냐
haengbokhasyeonnya 		행복하셨어
haengbokhasyeosseo 		행복하셨어요
haengbokhasyeosseoyo 		행복하셨습니까
haengbokhasyeotseumnikka
Assertive 행복하시겠다
haengbokhasigetda		 행복하시겠어
haengbokhasigesseo		 행복하시겠어요
haengbokhasigesseoyo		 행복하시겠습니다
haengbokhasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason 행복하셔
haengbokhasyeo		 행복하셔서
haengbokhasyeoseo		 행복하시니
haengbokhasini		 행복하시니까
haengbokhasinikka
Contrast 행복하시지만
haengbokhasijiman		 행복하신데
haengbokhasinde		 행복하시더니
haengbokhasideoni
Conjunction 행복하시고
haengbokhasigo
Condition 행복하시면
haengbokhasimyeon		 행복하셔야
haengbokhasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns 행복하심
haengbokhasim		 행복하시기
haengbokhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns 행복하셨음
haengbokhasyeosseum		 행복하셨기
haengbokhasyeotgi
Determiners Present 행복하신
haengbokhasin
Future 행복하실
haengbokhasil
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