각박하다

to be having a hard/rough time

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
각박한
아/어Infinitive
각박해
-으니Since
각박하니
합니다Formal
각박합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 각박해요각박합니다각박해각박하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 각박했어요각박했습니다각박했어각박했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 각박하겠어요각박하겠습니다각박하겠어각박하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 각박할 거예요각박할 것입니다각박할 거야각박할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 각박해요?각박합니까?각박해?각박하니?
과거Past 각박했어요?각박했습니까?각박했어?각박했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 각박해요안 각박합니다안 각박해안 각박하다
-지 않다Not (long) 각박하지 않아요각박하지 않습니다각박하지 않아각박하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 각박하세요각박하십니다각박하셔각박하시다
과거Past 각박하셨어요각박하셨습니다각박하셨어각박하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
각박한
과거Past
각박한
미래Future
각박할
회상Used to
각박하던

Joining clauses

-고and
각박하고
-게-ly / so that
각박하게
-어서so / and then
각박해서
-으니까since
각박하니까
-으면if / when
각박하면
-지만but
각박하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
각박한데
-어도even if
각박해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

변화의 충격을 완화해 줄 규모를 가지지 못한 스타트업은 각박한 생존 환경을 항상 염두에 두고 있습니다.

It lacks the scale to buffer change, and it's constantly thinking about the tough odds for a start-up to survive.

그래서 각박한 감정이 주되게 하죠. 스스로를 억제하던 것이 실은 자신을 구속한다는 것을 눈치채지 못한채요.

So we allow lean emotion to reign, never noticing that only strain has been the fruit of our restraints.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 각박하다 in Korean?

각박하다 (to be having a hard/rough time) is 각박해요 in the polite 해요체, 각박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 각박해 in casual 반말 and 각박하다 in the plain written style. The past is 각박했어요.

What is the past tense of 각박하다?

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

Is 각박하다 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 각박하여 and 각박하니 but unchanged in 각박합니다.

What TOPIK level is 각박하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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