불길하다

inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, sinister

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
불길한
아/어Infinitive
불길해
-으니Since
불길하니
합니다Formal
불길합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불길해요불길합니다불길해불길하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불길했어요불길했습니다불길했어불길했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불길하겠어요불길하겠습니다불길하겠어불길하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불길할 거예요불길할 것입니다불길할 거야불길할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불길해요?불길합니까?불길해?불길하니?
과거Past 불길했어요?불길했습니까?불길했어?불길했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불길해요안 불길합니다안 불길해안 불길하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불길하지 않아요불길하지 않습니다불길하지 않아불길하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불길하세요불길하십니다불길하셔불길하시다
과거Past 불길하셨어요불길하셨습니다불길하셨어불길하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
불길한
과거Past
불길한
미래Future
불길할
회상Used to
불길하던

Joining clauses

-고and
불길하고
-게-ly / so that
불길하게
-어서so / and then
불길해서
-으니까since
불길하니까
-으면if / when
불길하면
-지만but
불길하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불길한데
-어도even if
불길해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

사흘째 되는 날, 도아는 불길한 예감에

Day three, Doaa had a premonition.

불길한 예감이 들었을 때, 왜 내리지 않았지?

Why didn't she get out of the car when she felt something bad might happen?

그들이 휩쓸고 간 자리에는 불길한 기운만이 남게 되었습니다.

She felt a wave of foreboding as they billowed away.

불길한 건 없겠지

Nothing ominous about that.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불길하다 in Korean?

불길하다 (inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, sinister) is 불길해요 in the polite 해요체, 불길합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불길해 in casual 반말 and 불길하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불길했어요.

What is the past tense of 불길하다?

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

Is 불길하다 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 불길하여 and 불길하니 but unchanged in 불길합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불길하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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