불편하다

to be inconvenient

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
불편한
아/어Infinitive
불편해
-으니Since
불편하니
합니다Formal
불편합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불편해요불편합니다불편해불편하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불편했어요불편했습니다불편했어불편했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불편하겠어요불편하겠습니다불편하겠어불편하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불편할 거예요불편할 것입니다불편할 거야불편할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불편해요?불편합니까?불편해?불편하니?
과거Past 불편했어요?불편했습니까?불편했어?불편했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불편해요안 불편합니다안 불편해안 불편하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불편하지 않아요불편하지 않습니다불편하지 않아불편하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불편하세요불편하십니다불편하셔불편하시다
과거Past 불편하셨어요불편하셨습니다불편하셨어불편하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
불편한
과거Past
불편한
미래Future
불편할
회상Used to
불편하던

Joining clauses

-고and
불편하고
-게-ly / so that
불편하게
-어서so / and then
불편해서
-으니까since
불편하니까
-으면if / when
불편하면
-지만but
불편하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불편한데
-어도even if
불편해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

외국에서 살면서 좀 불편한 건 없었어?

Don't you feel any inconvenience living abroad?

다른 이들은 이들을 불편하게 바라보았습니다.

Others viewed the Cynics less charitably.

그게 다입니다. 서둘러 대화를 나눴고, 불편했죠.

That was it, our conversation was rushed and awkward.

하지만 이런 경험들이 저를 계속 불편하게 했어요.

But these experiences I've had just keep rubbing at me.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불편하다 in Korean?

불편하다 (to be inconvenient) is 불편해요 in the polite 해요체, 불편합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불편해 in casual 반말 and 불편하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불편했어요.

What is the past tense of 불편하다?

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

Is 불편하다 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 불편하여 and 불편하니 but unchanged in 불편합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불편하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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