엉성하다 Korean adjective conjugation

careless, sloppy

Every form of 엉성하다 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
엉성한
아/어Infinitive
엉성해
-으니Since
엉성하니
합니다Formal
엉성합니다

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 엉성해요엉성합니다엉성해엉성하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엉성했어요엉성했습니다엉성했어엉성했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엉성하겠어요엉성하겠습니다엉성하겠어엉성하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엉성할 거예요엉성할 것입니다엉성할 거야엉성할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉성해요?엉성합니까?엉성해?엉성하니?
과거Past 엉성했어요?엉성했습니까?엉성했어?엉성했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 엉성해요안 엉성합니다안 엉성해안 엉성하다
-지 않다Not (long) 엉성하지 않아요엉성하지 않습니다엉성하지 않아엉성하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉성하세요엉성하십니다엉성하셔엉성하시다
과거Past 엉성하셨어요엉성하셨습니다엉성하셨어엉성하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
엉성한
과거Past
엉성한
미래Future
엉성할
회상Used to
엉성하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
엉성하고
-게-ly / so that
엉성하게
-어서so / and then
엉성해서
-으니까since
엉성하니까
-으면if / when
엉성하면
-지만but
엉성하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엉성한데
-어도even if
엉성해도

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.

그의 논문은 짜임새가 엉성하다.

His thesis is sloppily structured.

어 제 생각엔 엉성하군요

Uh, I think. It's kind of sloppy.

그들의 계획은 엉성했어요.

Their plan was sloppy.

그러니 다들 엉성한 계산이나 다시 해

So everyone just, uh, go back to your sloppy tots.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 엉성하다 in Korean?

엉성하다 (careless, sloppy) is 엉성해요 in the polite 해요체, 엉성합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엉성해 in casual 반말 and 엉성하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엉성했어요.

What is the past tense of 엉성하다?

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

Is 엉성하다 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 엉성하여 and 엉성하니 but unchanged in 엉성합니다.

What TOPIK level is 엉성하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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