궂다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be bad (weather)

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 궂다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
궂은
아/어Infinitive
궂어
-으니Since
궂으니
합니다Formal
궂습니다

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 궂어요궂습니다궂어궂다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 궂었어요궂었습니다궂었어궂었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 궂겠어요궂겠습니다궂겠어궂겠다
-을 것이다Going to 궂을 거예요궂을 것입니다궂을 거야궂을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 궂어요?궂습니까?궂어?궂으니?
과거Past 궂었어요?궂었습니까?궂었어?궂었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 궂어요안 궂습니다안 궂어안 궂다
-지 않다Not (long) 궂지 않아요궂지 않습니다궂지 않아궂지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 궂으세요궂으십니다궂으셔궂으시다
과거Past 궂으셨어요궂으셨습니다궂으셨어궂으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
궂은
과거Past
궂은
미래Future
궂을
회상Used to
궂던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
궂고
-게-ly / so that
궂게
-어서so / and then
궂어서
-으니까since
궂으니까
-으면if / when
궂으면
-지만but
궂지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
궂은데
-어도even if
궂어도

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.

만약에 내가 진짜 그 자식을 싫어했다면, 궂이 찾아갔는데 놓쳤을까?

If I hated him so much, why would I bother to go after him and miss?

로빈슨의 어머니는 가족을 부양하기 위해서 궂은 일도 마다하지 않았다.

Of course no Hmong person was stupid enough to betray the family.

그러나 밤이나 날씨가 궂은 때 사용할 수 없다는 단점이 있었다.

Additionally, it worked at night or in bad weather.

그러나 곧바로 집을 지으려는 계획은 궂은 날씨 때문에 12월 23일까지 연기되었다.

Plans to build houses, however, were delayed by bad weather until December 23.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 궂다 in Korean?

궂다 (to be bad (weather)) is 궂어요 in the polite 해요체, 궂습니다 in formal 합니다체, 궂어 in casual 반말 and 궂다 in the plain written style. The past is 궂었어요.

What is the past tense of 궂다?

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

Is 궂다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 궂습니다, 궂어, 궂으니 all keep 궂 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 궂다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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