불가피하다

to be inevitable

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
불가피한
아/어Infinitive
불가피해
-으니Since
불가피하니
합니다Formal
불가피합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불가피해요불가피합니다불가피해불가피하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불가피했어요불가피했습니다불가피했어불가피했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불가피하겠어요불가피하겠습니다불가피하겠어불가피하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불가피할 거예요불가피할 것입니다불가피할 거야불가피할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불가피해요?불가피합니까?불가피해?불가피하니?
과거Past 불가피했어요?불가피했습니까?불가피했어?불가피했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불가피해요안 불가피합니다안 불가피해안 불가피하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불가피하지 않아요불가피하지 않습니다불가피하지 않아불가피하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불가피하세요불가피하십니다불가피하셔불가피하시다
과거Past 불가피하셨어요불가피하셨습니다불가피하셨어불가피하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
불가피한
과거Past
불가피한
미래Future
불가피할
회상Used to
불가피하던

Joining clauses

-고and
불가피하고
-게-ly / so that
불가피하게
-어서so / and then
불가피해서
-으니까since
불가피하니까
-으면if / when
불가피하면
-지만but
불가피하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불가피한데
-어도even if
불가피해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

위기는 이제 불가피합니다.

The crisis is now inevitable.

그건 불가피하거든

It's inevitable.

이건 불가피하죠.

It's inevitable.

이란과의 전쟁이 불가피해 보이던 것이 불과 2년전 이야기 아니였습니까?

Wasn't it just two years ago that war with Iran seemed inevitable?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불가피하다 in Korean?

불가피하다 (to be inevitable) is 불가피해요 in the polite 해요체, 불가피합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불가피해 in casual 반말 and 불가피하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불가피했어요.

What is the past tense of 불가피하다?

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

Is 불가피하다 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 불가피하여 and 불가피하니 but unchanged in 불가피합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불가피하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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