각박하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be having a hard/rough time
Every form of 각박하다 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
- 각박한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 각박해
- -으니Since
- 각박하니
- 합니다Formal
- 각박합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 각박해요 | 각박합니다 | 각박해 | 각박하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 각박했어요 | 각박했습니다 | 각박했어 | 각박했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 각박하겠어요 | 각박하겠습니다 | 각박하겠어 | 각박하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 각박할 거예요 | 각박할 것입니다 | 각박할 거야 | 각박할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 각박해요? | 각박합니까? | 각박해? | 각박하니? |
| 과거Past | 각박했어요? | 각박했습니까? | 각박했어? | 각박했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 각박해요 | 안 각박합니다 | 안 각박해 | 안 각박하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 각박하지 않아요 | 각박하지 않습니다 | 각박하지 않아 | 각박하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 각박하세요 | 각박하십니다 | 각박하셔 | 각박하시다 |
| 과거Past | 각박하셨어요 | 각박하셨습니다 | 각박하셨어 | 각박하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 각박한
- 과거Past
- 각박한
- 미래Future
- 각박할
- 회상Used to
- 각박하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 각박하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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