급격하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be sudden
Every form of 급격하다 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
- 급격한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 급격해
- -으니Since
- 급격하니
- 합니다Formal
- 급격합니다
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 | 급격해요 | 급격합니다 | 급격해 | 급격하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 급격했어요 | 급격했습니다 | 급격했어 | 급격했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 급격하겠어요 | 급격하겠습니다 | 급격하겠어 | 급격하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 급격할 거예요 | 급격할 것입니다 | 급격할 거야 | 급격할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 급격해요? | 급격합니까? | 급격해? | 급격하니? |
| 과거Past | 급격했어요? | 급격했습니까? | 급격했어? | 급격했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 급격해요 | 안 급격합니다 | 안 급격해 | 안 급격하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 급격하지 않아요 | 급격하지 않습니다 | 급격하지 않아 | 급격하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 급격하세요 | 급격하십니다 | 급격하셔 | 급격하시다 |
| 과거Past | 급격하셨어요 | 급격하셨습니다 | 급격하셨어 | 급격하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 급격한
- 과거Past
- 급격한
- 미래Future
- 급격할
- 회상Used to
- 급격하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 급격하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 급격하게
- -어서so / and then
- 급격해서
- -으니까since
- 급격하니까
- -으면if / when
- 급격하면
- -지만but
- 급격하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 급격한데
- -어도even if
- 급격해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 급격하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
장치들은 급격하게 발전했죠.
Devices have evolved dramatically.
아마르: 급격하게 내려가고 있죠.
And those prices are coming down very quickly.
회사들은 급격하게 전환되어왔습니다.
We've had a more rapid turnover of companies.
그리고 우리는 급격한 고령화에 대해 전혀 준비되어 있지 않습니다.
And we are nowhere near ready or prepared for this silver tsunami.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 급격하다 in Korean?
급격하다 (to be sudden) is 급격해요 in the polite 해요체, 급격합니다 in formal 합니다체, 급격해 in casual 반말 and 급격하다 in the plain written style. The past is 급격했어요.
What is the past tense of 급격하다?
급격했어요 in everyday polite speech, 급격했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 급격하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 급격하다 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 급격하여 and 급격하니 but unchanged in 급격합니다.
What TOPIK level is 급격하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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