부당하다 Korean adjective conjugation

unjust, unfair

Every form of 부당하다 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
부당한
아/어Infinitive
부당해
-으니Since
부당하니
합니다Formal
부당합니다

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 부당해요부당합니다부당해부당하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부당했어요부당했습니다부당했어부당했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부당하겠어요부당하겠습니다부당하겠어부당하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부당할 거예요부당할 것입니다부당할 거야부당할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부당해요?부당합니까?부당해?부당하니?
과거Past 부당했어요?부당했습니까?부당했어?부당했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부당해요안 부당합니다안 부당해안 부당하다
-지 않다Not (long) 부당하지 않아요부당하지 않습니다부당하지 않아부당하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부당하세요부당하십니다부당하셔부당하시다
과거Past 부당하셨어요부당하셨습니다부당하셨어부당하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
부당한
과거Past
부당한
미래Future
부당할
회상Used to
부당하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
부당하고
-게-ly / so that
부당하게
-어서so / and then
부당해서
-으니까since
부당하니까
-으면if / when
부당하면
-지만but
부당하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부당한데
-어도even if
부당해도

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.

부당한 이유로 비난받기도 하죠.

Sometimes places are misplacing the blame back on them.

첫째로, 나는 왜 이것이 부당하다고 느끼는가?

Firstly: Why do I feel this injustice?

뿐만 아니라, 부당함에 맞설 수 있게 힘을 주기도 하죠.

What's more, it energizes you to confront that injustice.

두려움이 위험에 대한 경고라면 화는 부당함에 대한 경고입니다.

Just as your fear alerts you to danger, your anger alerts you to injustice.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 부당하다 in Korean?

부당하다 (unjust, unfair) is 부당해요 in the polite 해요체, 부당합니다 in formal 합니다체, 부당해 in casual 반말 and 부당하다 in the plain written style. The past is 부당했어요.

What is the past tense of 부당하다?

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

Is 부당하다 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 부당하여 and 부당하니 but unchanged in 부당합니다.

What TOPIK level is 부당하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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