급급하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be focused on one thing
Every form of 급급하다 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
- 급급한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 급급해
- -으니Since
- 급급하니
- 합니다Formal
- 급급합니다
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 | 급급해요 | 급급합니다 | 급급해 | 급급하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 급급했어요 | 급급했습니다 | 급급했어 | 급급했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 급급하겠어요 | 급급하겠습니다 | 급급하겠어 | 급급하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 급급할 거예요 | 급급할 것입니다 | 급급할 거야 | 급급할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 급급해요? | 급급합니까? | 급급해? | 급급하니? |
| 과거Past | 급급했어요? | 급급했습니까? | 급급했어? | 급급했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 급급해요 | 안 급급합니다 | 안 급급해 | 안 급급하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 급급하지 않아요 | 급급하지 않습니다 | 급급하지 않아 | 급급하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 급급하세요 | 급급하십니다 | 급급하셔 | 급급하시다 |
| 과거Past | 급급하셨어요 | 급급하셨습니다 | 급급하셨어 | 급급하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 급급한
- 과거Past
- 급급한
- 미래Future
- 급급할
- 회상Used to
- 급급하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 급급하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 급급하게
- -어서so / and then
- 급급해서
- -으니까since
- 급급하니까
- -으면if / when
- 급급하면
- -지만but
- 급급하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 급급한데
- -어도even if
- 급급해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에 급급하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
매달 월급으로 대출 갚기에 급급했죠.
Every month my wages would just replenish my overdraft.
국정원 대선개입 물타기에 급급한 한국언론아.
You Korean media are so busy watering down the NIS election manipulation scandal .
여러 의견이 있었지만 언론은 동상 철거를 문제 삼기에 급급했습니다.
Opinions varied, but the media focused on problematizing the removal of statues.
하지만 솔직히 저 또한 때때로는 그 문제를 이해하기보다 해결하려는데 더 급급한 게 사실입니다.
However, I confess that even I sometimes am more eager to solve a problem than I am to understand it.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 급급하다 in Korean?
급급하다 (to be focused on one thing) is 급급해요 in the polite 해요체, 급급합니다 in formal 합니다체, 급급해 in casual 반말 and 급급하다 in the plain written style. The past is 급급했어요.
What is the past tense of 급급하다?
급급했어요 in everyday polite speech, 급급했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 급급하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 급급하다 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 급급하여 and 급급하니 but unchanged in 급급합니다.
What TOPIK level is 급급하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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