엉뚱하다 Korean adjective conjugation

unusual, off the wall

Every form of 엉뚱하다 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
엉뚱한
아/어Infinitive
엉뚱해
-으니Since
엉뚱하니
합니다Formal
엉뚱합니다

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 엉뚱해요엉뚱합니다엉뚱해엉뚱하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엉뚱했어요엉뚱했습니다엉뚱했어엉뚱했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엉뚱하겠어요엉뚱하겠습니다엉뚱하겠어엉뚱하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엉뚱할 거예요엉뚱할 것입니다엉뚱할 거야엉뚱할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉뚱해요?엉뚱합니까?엉뚱해?엉뚱하니?
과거Past 엉뚱했어요?엉뚱했습니까?엉뚱했어?엉뚱했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 엉뚱해요안 엉뚱합니다안 엉뚱해안 엉뚱하다
-지 않다Not (long) 엉뚱하지 않아요엉뚱하지 않습니다엉뚱하지 않아엉뚱하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉뚱하세요엉뚱하십니다엉뚱하셔엉뚱하시다
과거Past 엉뚱하셨어요엉뚱하셨습니다엉뚱하셨어엉뚱하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
엉뚱한
과거Past
엉뚱한
미래Future
엉뚱할
회상Used to
엉뚱하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
엉뚱하고
-게-ly / so that
엉뚱하게
-어서so / and then
엉뚱해서
-으니까since
엉뚱하니까
-으면if / when
엉뚱하면
-지만but
엉뚱하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엉뚱한데
-어도even if
엉뚱해도

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.

걘 좀 엉뚱해요

He's such a nerd.

그게 엉뚱하지는 않습니다.

But that's not whimsical.

엉뚱한 방향이죠. 맞나요?

Misdirection. (Applause) Yeah?

가끔 엉뚱한 결과가 나오기도 하죠.

It goes a little sideways.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 엉뚱하다 in Korean?

엉뚱하다 (unusual, off the wall) is 엉뚱해요 in the polite 해요체, 엉뚱합니다 in formal 합니다체, 엉뚱해 in casual 반말 and 엉뚱하다 in the plain written style. The past is 엉뚱했어요.

What is the past tense of 엉뚱하다?

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

Is 엉뚱하다 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 엉뚱하여 and 엉뚱하니 but unchanged in 엉뚱합니다.

What TOPIK level is 엉뚱하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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