불우하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be deprived

Every form of 불우하다 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
불우한
아/어Infinitive
불우해
-으니Since
불우하니
합니다Formal
불우합니다

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 불우해요불우합니다불우해불우하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불우했어요불우했습니다불우했어불우했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불우하겠어요불우하겠습니다불우하겠어불우하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불우할 거예요불우할 것입니다불우할 거야불우할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불우해요?불우합니까?불우해?불우하니?
과거Past 불우했어요?불우했습니까?불우했어?불우했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 불우해요안 불우합니다안 불우해안 불우하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불우하지 않아요불우하지 않습니다불우하지 않아불우하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불우하세요불우하십니다불우하셔불우하시다
과거Past 불우하셨어요불우하셨습니다불우하셨어불우하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
불우한
과거Past
불우한
미래Future
불우할
회상Used to
불우하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
불우하고
-게-ly / so that
불우하게
-어서so / and then
불우해서
-으니까since
불우하니까
-으면if / when
불우하면
-지만but
불우하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불우한데
-어도even if
불우해도

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.

이들은 단순히 불우한 어린 시절의 희생자들이 아니었습니다.

These individuals were not just the victims of a troubled childhood.

의료진, 여러분은 학교 지원 문서에 불우한 사람들을 돕고 싶다고 적습니다.

Medical folks, you wrote on your school application essays that you wanted to help those less fortunate.

이것을 24만 인구의 유럽의 규모와 같은 장소였으며, 그리고 브라질의 가장 불우한 지역들 중 하나입니다.

It's an area the size of Europe, 24 million people, one of the most deprived parts of the country.

글을 읽어서 성취한 바 있었으나 번번히 과거에 실패하여 불우한 청소년기를 보냈다.

There he turned to the writing of plays, but they were received with little success.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 불우하다 in Korean?

불우하다 (to be deprived) is 불우해요 in the polite 해요체, 불우합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불우해 in casual 반말 and 불우하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불우했어요.

What is the past tense of 불우하다?

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

Is 불우하다 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 불우하여 and 불우하니 but unchanged in 불우합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불우하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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