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KOREAN VERB

건강하다

to be healthy

  • #345 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am healthy
NegativeI am not healthy

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was healthy
NegativeI was not healthy

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be healthy
NegativeI won’t be healthy

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am healthy (respectfully)
PastI was healthy (respectfully)
FutureI will be healthy (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being healthy, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being healthy, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am healthy
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am healthy
  5. But (-지만) I am healthy, but…

How to use 건강하다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 매일 운동해서 아주 건강해요.

    I exercise every day, so I'm very healthy.

  2. Past

    제 동생은 어릴 때부터 아주 건강했어요.

    My younger brother has been very healthy since he was little.

  3. Future

    매일 걸으면 더 건강할 거예요.

    If you walk every day, you'll be healthier.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 새해에도 아프지 마시고 오래오래 건강하세요.

    Grandma, this year too, don't get sick and stay healthy for a long, long time.

  5. Connectives

    건강하면 뭐든지 할 수 있어요.

    If you're healthy, you can do anything.

Good to know

  • 건강하세요 is "stay healthy", the wish to an elder; 건강 is health: 건강이 어떠세요?

Where you hear 건강하다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 나는 아직 건강해. I'm still healthy.
  • 작년에는 아주 건강했어요. Last year I was very healthy.
  • 운동하면 건강할 거예요. If you exercise you'll be healthy.

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 나는 아직 건강해. I'm still healthy.
  • 작년에는 아주 건강했어요. Last year I was very healthy.
  • 운동하면 건강할 거예요. If you exercise you'll be healthy.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.