절실하다

to be urgent

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
절실한
아/어Infinitive
절실해
-으니Since
절실하니
합니다Formal
절실합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 절실해요절실합니다절실해절실하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 절실했어요절실했습니다절실했어절실했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 절실하겠어요절실하겠습니다절실하겠어절실하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 절실할 거예요절실할 것입니다절실할 거야절실할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 절실해요?절실합니까?절실해?절실하니?
과거Past 절실했어요?절실했습니까?절실했어?절실했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 절실해요안 절실합니다안 절실해안 절실하다
-지 않다Not (long) 절실하지 않아요절실하지 않습니다절실하지 않아절실하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 절실하세요절실하십니다절실하셔절실하시다
과거Past 절실하셨어요절실하셨습니다절실하셨어절실하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
절실한
과거Past
절실한
미래Future
절실할
회상Used to
절실하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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