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파랗다 conjugation

to be blue · parata · sounds like [파라타]

Short answer: “Blue” in Korean is 파랗다 (parata). Polite present: 파래요 (paraeyo); past: 파랬어요 (paraesseoyo); future: 파랄 거예요. It is a ㅎ irregular adjective.

파랗다 in sentences

All forms of 파랗다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-아/어요파래요[파래요]paraeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다파랗습니다[파라씀니다]paraseumnida
casual-아/어파래[파래]parae
plain (written)-다파랗다[파라타]parata
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?파랗습니까?[파라씀니까]paraseumnikka?
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요파랬어요[파래써요]paraesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다파랬습니다[파랟씀니다]paraetseumnida
casual-았/었어파랬어[파래써]paraesseo
plain (written)-았/었다파랬다[파랟따]paraetda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will probably be-(으)ㄹ 거예요파랄 거예요[파랄 꺼예요]paral geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다파랄 겁니다[파랄 껌니다]paral geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야파랄 거야[파랄 꺼야]paral geoya
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …안 파래요[안 파래요]an paraeyo
did not안 …았/었어요안 파랬어요[안 파래써요]an paraesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요파랗지 않아요[파라치 아나요]parachi anayo
Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
honorific — present-(으)세요파라세요[파라세요]paraseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요파라셨어요[파라셔써요]parasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다파라십니다[파라심니다]parasimnida
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고파랗고[파라코]parako
… so / and then-아/어서파래서[파래서]paraeseo
if …-(으)면파라면[파라면]paramyeon
… but-지만파랗지만[파라치만]parachiman
because …-(으)니까파라니까[파라니까]paranikka
… and / but (background)-(으)ㄴ데파란데[파란데]parande
even if …-아/어도파래도[파래도]paraedo
while …-(으)면서파라면서[파라면서]paramyeonseo
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that is) …-(으)ㄴ파란[파란]paran
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ파랄[파랄]paral
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
can be …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요파랄 수 있어요[파랄 쑤 이써요]paral su isseoyo
cannot be …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요파랄 수 없어요[파랄 쑤 업써요]paral su eopseoyo
have to be …-아/어야 해요파래야 해요[파래야 해요]paraeya haeyo
it’s OK if it’s …-아/어도 돼요파래도 돼요[파래도 돼요]paraedo dwaeyo
…ly (adverb)-게파랗게[파라케]parake
becomes …-아/어지다파래져요[파래저요]paraejeoyo
…ing (noun)-기파랗기[파라키]paraki

How 파랗다 changes

ㅎ irregular: the ㅎ drops. With 아/어 the vowel turns into ㅐ → 파래요, 파랬어요; with -(으) endings no 으 is added → 파란, 파라면. Before a consonant ㅎ stays: 파랗습니다. (좋다 is regular: 좋아요, 좋은.)

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Questions

How do you say “blue” in Korean?

“Blue” is 파랗다 (parata), pronounced [파라타]. In a sentence: 하늘이 파래요. — The sky is blue.

What is the past tense of 파랗다?

파랬어요 (paraesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 파랗다 (“to be blue”). Formal: 파랬습니다; casual: 파랬어.

How do you say 파랗다 politely?

Everyday polite: 파래요 (paraeyo). Formal: 파랗습니다. Casual, with close friends: 파래.

How do you say “not blue” in Korean?

안 파래요 or 파랗지 않아요. Both mean the same; the first is more common in speech.

Is 파랗다 irregular?

Yes — ㅎ irregular: the ㅎ drops. With 아/어 the vowel turns into ㅐ → 파래요, 파랬어요; with -(으) endings no 으 is added → 파란, 파라면. Before a consonant ㅎ stays: 파랗습니다. (좋다 is regular: 좋아요, 좋은.)

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check