절박하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be: imminent, pressing, urgent
Every form of 절박하다 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
- 절박한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 절박해
- -으니Since
- 절박하니
- 합니다Formal
- 절박합니다
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 | 절박해요 | 절박합니다 | 절박해 | 절박하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 절박했어요 | 절박했습니다 | 절박했어 | 절박했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 절박하겠어요 | 절박하겠습니다 | 절박하겠어 | 절박하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 절박할 거예요 | 절박할 것입니다 | 절박할 거야 | 절박할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 절박해요? | 절박합니까? | 절박해? | 절박하니? |
| 과거Past | 절박했어요? | 절박했습니까? | 절박했어? | 절박했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 절박해요 | 안 절박합니다 | 안 절박해 | 안 절박하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 절박하지 않아요 | 절박하지 않습니다 | 절박하지 않아 | 절박하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 절박하세요 | 절박하십니다 | 절박하셔 | 절박하시다 |
| 과거Past | 절박하셨어요 | 절박하셨습니다 | 절박하셨어 | 절박하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 절박한
- 과거Past
- 절박한
- 미래Future
- 절박할
- 회상Used to
- 절박하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 절박하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 절박하게
- -어서so / and then
- 절박해서
- -으니까since
- 절박하니까
- -으면if / when
- 절박하면
- -지만but
- 절박하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 절박한데
- -어도even if
- 절박해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 절박하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그래서 기구 안으로 기어 들어가서 절박한 심정으로 올바른 판단을 내리려 애썼습니다.
So I climbed back into the capsule and just desperately tried to make sure that I was making the right decision.
그것이 절박함입니다. 하지만 2015년 서유럽에 사는 난민들의 현실입니다.
And that's desperation, but that's the reality of living as a refugee in Western Europe in 2015.
저들은 분노하고 있을 수도 있습니다. 절박하고 배고플 수도 있죠.
They may be angry, they may be desperate and hungry.
다들 절박한데 이러시면 곤란하죠
You don't do this to people, you treat them well. You understand?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 절박하다 in Korean?
절박하다 (to be: imminent, pressing, urgent) is 절박해요 in the polite 해요체, 절박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 절박해 in casual 반말 and 절박하다 in the plain written style. The past is 절박했어요.
What is the past tense of 절박하다?
절박했어요 in everyday polite speech, 절박했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 절박하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 절박하다 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 절박하여 and 절박하니 but unchanged in 절박합니다.
What TOPIK level is 절박하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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