공평하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be fair, equitable, impartial

Every form of 공평하다 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
공평한
아/어Infinitive
공평해
-으니Since
공평하니
합니다Formal
공평합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 공평해요공평합니다공평해공평하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 공평했어요공평했습니다공평했어공평했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 공평하겠어요공평하겠습니다공평하겠어공평하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 공평할 거예요공평할 것입니다공평할 거야공평할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 공평해요?공평합니까?공평해?공평하니?
과거Past 공평했어요?공평했습니까?공평했어?공평했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 공평해요안 공평합니다안 공평해안 공평하다
-지 않다Not (long) 공평하지 않아요공평하지 않습니다공평하지 않아공평하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 공평하세요공평하십니다공평하셔공평하시다
과거Past 공평하셨어요공평하셨습니다공평하셨어공평하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
공평한
과거Past
공평한
미래Future
공평할
회상Used to
공평하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
공평하고
-게-ly / so that
공평하게
-어서so / and then
공평해서
-으니까since
공평하니까
-으면if / when
공평하면
-지만but
공평하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
공평한데
-어도even if
공평해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

세상에는 불공평함이 있습니다.

There is unfairness in the world.

그 숫자는 공평하지 않습니다.

The numbers don't do it justice, though.

공평함은 놀라운 방식으로 작용합니다.

Fairness works in surprising ways.

이것은 명백히 불공평하고 바뀌어야 합니다.

That is manifestly unfair, and should change.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 공평하다 in Korean?

공평하다 (to be fair, equitable, impartial) is 공평해요 in the polite 해요체, 공평합니다 in formal 합니다체, 공평해 in casual 반말 and 공평하다 in the plain written style. The past is 공평했어요.

What is the past tense of 공평하다?

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

Is 공평하다 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 공평하여 and 공평하니 but unchanged in 공평합니다.

What TOPIK level is 공평하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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