불완전하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be incomplete

Every form of 불완전하다 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
불완전한
아/어Infinitive
불완전해
-으니Since
불완전하니
합니다Formal
불완전합니다

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 불완전해요불완전합니다불완전해불완전하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불완전했어요불완전했습니다불완전했어불완전했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불완전하겠어요불완전하겠습니다불완전하겠어불완전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불완전할 거예요불완전할 것입니다불완전할 거야불완전할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불완전해요?불완전합니까?불완전해?불완전하니?
과거Past 불완전했어요?불완전했습니까?불완전했어?불완전했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 불완전해요안 불완전합니다안 불완전해안 불완전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불완전하지 않아요불완전하지 않습니다불완전하지 않아불완전하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불완전하세요불완전하십니다불완전하셔불완전하시다
과거Past 불완전하셨어요불완전하셨습니다불완전하셨어불완전하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
불완전한
과거Past
불완전한
미래Future
불완전할
회상Used to
불완전하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
불완전하고
-게-ly / so that
불완전하게
-어서so / and then
불완전해서
-으니까since
불완전하니까
-으면if / when
불완전하면
-지만but
불완전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불완전한데
-어도even if
불완전해도

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.

또한 그 연결이 얼마나 불완전하고

But also about how that connection is always partial.

수요는 많습니다. 불완전한 교육 체계에서요.

And there are high demands within an education system that is not perfect.

실패와 불완전함은 본질적으로는 같은 것입니다.

Look, failure and imperfection are basically the same thing.

물질적 세계에서는 한계를 가진 불완전한 세상을 살고 있습니다.

In the physical world, we live with those limitations.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 불완전하다 in Korean?

불완전하다 (to be incomplete) is 불완전해요 in the polite 해요체, 불완전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불완전해 in casual 반말 and 불완전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불완전했어요.

What is the past tense of 불완전하다?

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

Is 불완전하다 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 불완전하여 and 불완전하니 but unchanged in 불완전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불완전하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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