부실하다 Korean adjective conjugation

flimsy, not good, not up to standard, below standards

Every form of 부실하다 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
부실한
아/어Infinitive
부실해
-으니Since
부실하니
합니다Formal
부실합니다

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 부실해요부실합니다부실해부실하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부실했어요부실했습니다부실했어부실했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부실하겠어요부실하겠습니다부실하겠어부실하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부실할 거예요부실할 것입니다부실할 거야부실할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부실해요?부실합니까?부실해?부실하니?
과거Past 부실했어요?부실했습니까?부실했어?부실했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부실해요안 부실합니다안 부실해안 부실하다
-지 않다Not (long) 부실하지 않아요부실하지 않습니다부실하지 않아부실하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부실하세요부실하십니다부실하셔부실하시다
과거Past 부실하셨어요부실하셨습니다부실하셨어부실하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
부실한
과거Past
부실한
미래Future
부실할
회상Used to
부실하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
부실하고
-게-ly / so that
부실하게
-어서so / and then
부실해서
-으니까since
부실하니까
-으면if / when
부실하면
-지만but
부실하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부실한데
-어도even if
부실해도

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.

선정적으로 보도하려하고, 내용은 부실했습니다.

They tend to sensationalize, and they lack context.

그 보도들은 맥락이 부실하고, 선정적으로 다뤄집니다.

They tend to sensationalize, and they lack context.

협동심만으론 정말 부실하게 들리지만 성공적인 팀의 절대적인 핵심입니다. 그리고 각자 자신의 능력을 빈번히 뛰어넘게 합니다.

Now, helpfulness sounds really anemic, but it's absolutely core to successful teams, and it routinely outperforms individual intelligence.

어쨌거나 노인의 건강한 장수는 잔병치레가 많고 술, 담배질까지 심한 내 부실한 건강에도 늘 안심스런 위안과 희망을 준다

In any case, my elderly mother's good health puts my own lousy health, plagued with smoke and alcohol to shame, while also being a source of comfort and hope.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 부실하다 in Korean?

부실하다 (flimsy, not good, not up to standard, below standards) is 부실해요 in the polite 해요체, 부실합니다 in formal 합니다체, 부실해 in casual 반말 and 부실하다 in the plain written style. The past is 부실했어요.

What is the past tense of 부실하다?

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

Is 부실하다 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 부실하여 and 부실하니 but unchanged in 부실합니다.

What TOPIK level is 부실하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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