급하다

to be in a hurry

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
급한
아/어Infinitive
급해
-으니Since
급하니
합니다Formal
급합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 급해요급합니다급해급하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 급했어요급했습니다급했어급했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 급하겠어요급하겠습니다급하겠어급하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 급할 거예요급할 것입니다급할 거야급할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 급해요?급합니까?급해?급하니?
과거Past 급했어요?급했습니까?급했어?급했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 급해요안 급합니다안 급해안 급하다
-지 않다Not (long) 급하지 않아요급하지 않습니다급하지 않아급하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 급하세요급하십니다급하셔급하시다
과거Past 급하셨어요급하셨습니다급하셨어급하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
급한
과거Past
급한
미래Future
급할
회상Used to
급하던

Joining clauses

-고and
급하고
-게-ly / so that
급하게
-어서so / and then
급해서
-으니까since
급하니까
-으면if / when
급하면
-지만but
급하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
급한데
-어도even if
급해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

지금은 시간이 급해서 나중에 이야기해요.

(I am) in a hurry right now, so let's talk later.

안나 씨는 지금 급해요?

Are you in a hurry right now, Anna?

이거 급하다고 그한테 전해줘.

Tell him this is urgent.

전 성격이 꽤 급해요.

I'm a pretty speedy character.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 급하다 in Korean?

급하다 (to be in a hurry) is 급해요 in the polite 해요체, 급합니다 in formal 합니다체, 급해 in casual 반말 and 급하다 in the plain written style. The past is 급했어요.

What is the past tense of 급하다?

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

Is 급하다 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 급하여 and 급하니 but unchanged in 급합니다.

What TOPIK level is 급하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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