절실하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be urgent
Every form of 절실하다 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
- 절실한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 절실해
- -으니Since
- 절실하니
- 합니다Formal
- 절실합니다
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 | 절실해요 | 절실합니다 | 절실해 | 절실하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 절실했어요 | 절실했습니다 | 절실했어 | 절실했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 절실하겠어요 | 절실하겠습니다 | 절실하겠어 | 절실하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 절실할 거예요 | 절실할 것입니다 | 절실할 거야 | 절실할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 절실해요? | 절실합니까? | 절실해? | 절실하니? |
| 과거Past | 절실했어요? | 절실했습니까? | 절실했어? | 절실했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 절실해요 | 안 절실합니다 | 안 절실해 | 안 절실하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 절실하지 않아요 | 절실하지 않습니다 | 절실하지 않아 | 절실하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 절실하세요 | 절실하십니다 | 절실하셔 | 절실하시다 |
| 과거Past | 절실하셨어요 | 절실하셨습니다 | 절실하셨어 | 절실하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 절실한
- 과거Past
- 절실한
- 미래Future
- 절실할
- 회상Used to
- 절실하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 절실하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 절실하게
- -어서so / and then
- 절실해서
- -으니까since
- 절실하니까
- -으면if / when
- 절실하면
- -지만but
- 절실하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 절실한데
- -어도even if
- 절실해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 절실하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
HIF에 동의한 수많은 사람들이 보이실 겁니다. 하지만 여러분의 도움도 절실합니다.
You can see here the number of people who have agreed to help us, but we want your help as well.
왜 항상 정부 지원은 돈이 가장 절실한 사람에게 돌아가질 않는가?
Why is it that government spending so often results in putting very little cash into the hands of those who need it most?
그가 예상했던 것 이상으로 우리에게는 휴지가 절실했죠.
We needed that tissue more than he could have possibly understood.
글쎄요, 꿈이 절실하면 이루어진다고 말하죠.
Well, they say if you dream something hard enough, it will come to pass.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 절실하다 in Korean?
절실하다 (to be urgent) is 절실해요 in the polite 해요체, 절실합니다 in formal 합니다체, 절실해 in casual 반말 and 절실하다 in the plain written style. The past is 절실했어요.
What is the past tense of 절실하다?
절실했어요 in everyday polite speech, 절실했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 절실하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 절실하다 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 절실하여 and 절실하니 but unchanged in 절실합니다.
What TOPIK level is 절실하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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