괜찮아
gwaen-chahn-ah
descriptive
To say to be nice, good, passable, OK, all right politely in the present tense, use 괜찮아요 (gwaen-chahn-ah-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 괜찮다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Conjugation table
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 괜찮아요 gwaen-chahn-ah-yoh | 괜찮습니다 gwaen-chahn-seum-nee-dah | |
| Past | 괜찮았어 gwaen-chahn-ah-ssuh | 괜찮았어요 gwaen-chahn-ah-ssuh-yoh | 괜찮았습니다 gwaen-chahn-ah-sseum-nee-dah |
| Future | 괜찮을 거야 gwaen-chahn-eul- -guh-yah | 괜찮을 거예요 gwaen-chahn-eul- -guh-yae-yoh | 괜찮을 겁니다 gwaen-chahn-eul- -guhm-nee-dah |
Other useful forms
Command Polite (세요)
괜찮으세요
gwaen-chahn-eu-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
괜찮아요
gwaen-chahn-ah-yoh
Question Polite (요)
괜찮아요?
gwaen-chahn-ah-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
괜찮고
gwaen-chahn-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
괜찮으면
gwaen-chahn-eu-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
괜찮음
gwaen-chahn-eum