거북하다

to be uncomfortable

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거북한
아/어Infinitive
거북해
-으니Since
거북하니
합니다Formal
거북합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거북해요거북합니다거북해거북하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거북했어요거북했습니다거북했어거북했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거북하겠어요거북하겠습니다거북하겠어거북하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거북할 거예요거북할 것입니다거북할 거야거북할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거북해요?거북합니까?거북해?거북하니?
과거Past 거북했어요?거북했습니까?거북했어?거북했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거북해요안 거북합니다안 거북해안 거북하다
-지 않다Not (long) 거북하지 않아요거북하지 않습니다거북하지 않아거북하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거북하세요거북하십니다거북하셔거북하시다
과거Past 거북하셨어요거북하셨습니다거북하셨어거북하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거북한
과거Past
거북한
미래Future
거북할
회상Used to
거북하던

Joining clauses

-고and
거북하고
-게-ly / so that
거북하게
-어서so / and then
거북해서
-으니까since
거북하니까
-으면if / when
거북하면
-지만but
거북하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거북한데
-어도even if
거북해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

두 성별을 섞는다는 것에서 별다른 거북함을 느끼지 않았던 거예요.

So she had no problem with a gender blending whatsoever.

우리가 이 사진에 거북함을 느끼나요?

Are we uncomfortable with this image? Yes, we are.

우리는 상당히 거북할 것입니다.

We'd be pretty uncomfortable.

이것은 세상에서 가장 거북한 음악의 한 부분입니다.

This is supposed to be the world's ugliest piece of music.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거북하다 in Korean?

거북하다 (to be uncomfortable) is 거북해요 in the polite 해요체, 거북합니다 in formal 합니다체, 거북해 in casual 반말 and 거북하다 in the plain written style. The past is 거북했어요.

What is the past tense of 거북하다?

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

Is 거북하다 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 거북하여 and 거북하니 but unchanged in 거북합니다.

What TOPIK level is 거북하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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