처절하다
to be very pitiable and sad
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 처절한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 처절해
- -으니Since
- 처절하니
- 합니다Formal
- 처절합니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 처절해요 | 처절합니다 | 처절해 | 처절하다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 처절했어요 | 처절했습니다 | 처절했어 | 처절했다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 처절하겠어요 | 처절하겠습니다 | 처절하겠어 | 처절하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 처절할 거예요 | 처절할 것입니다 | 처절할 거야 | 처절할 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 처절해요? | 처절합니까? | 처절해? | 처절하니? |
| 과거Past | 처절했어요? | 처절했습니까? | 처절했어? | 처절했니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 처절해요 | 안 처절합니다 | 안 처절해 | 안 처절하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 처절하지 않아요 | 처절하지 않습니다 | 처절하지 않아 | 처절하지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 처절하세요 | 처절하십니다 | 처절하셔 | 처절하시다 |
| 과거Past | 처절하셨어요 | 처절하셨습니다 | 처절하셨어 | 처절하셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 처절한
- 과거Past
- 처절한
- 미래Future
- 처절할
- 회상Used to
- 처절하던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 처절하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 처절하게
- -어서so / and then
- 처절해서
- -으니까since
- 처절하니까
- -으면if / when
- 처절하면
- -지만but
- 처절하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 처절한데
- -어도even if
- 처절해도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 처절하다
In real sentences
과연 이렇게 처절한 처방을 할 필요가 있을까요?
Do we really need to take those drastic measures?
벽화 맨 위에는 새장을 탈출하려고 처절하게 날아오르는 새가 있습니다.
At the top of the canvas flashes a bird desperate to escape the carnage.
난처함으로 가득 차 있고 좌절감. 답을 찾기 위해 처절하게 싸우는 삶이거든요.
It is filled with perplexity, frustration, a desperate fight for understanding.
우리는 신속하고 처절하게 복수할 것입니다
Be assured that our vengeance will be swift and crushing.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 처절하다 in Korean?
처절하다 (to be very pitiable and sad) is 처절해요 in the polite 해요체, 처절합니다 in formal 합니다체, 처절해 in casual 반말 and 처절하다 in the plain written style. The past is 처절했어요.
What is the past tense of 처절하다?
처절했어요 in everyday polite speech, 처절했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 처절하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 처절하다 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 처절하여 and 처절하니 but unchanged in 처절합니다.
What TOPIK level is 처절하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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