정확하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be accurate

Every form of 정확하다 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
정확한
아/어Infinitive
정확해
-으니Since
정확하니
합니다Formal
정확합니다

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 정확해요정확합니다정확해정확하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 정확했어요정확했습니다정확했어정확했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 정확하겠어요정확하겠습니다정확하겠어정확하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 정확할 거예요정확할 것입니다정확할 거야정확할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정확해요?정확합니까?정확해?정확하니?
과거Past 정확했어요?정확했습니까?정확했어?정확했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 정확해요안 정확합니다안 정확해안 정확하다
-지 않다Not (long) 정확하지 않아요정확하지 않습니다정확하지 않아정확하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정확하세요정확하십니다정확하셔정확하시다
과거Past 정확하셨어요정확하셨습니다정확하셨어정확하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
정확한
과거Past
정확한
미래Future
정확할
회상Used to
정확하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
정확하고
-게-ly / so that
정확하게
-어서so / and then
정확해서
-으니까since
정확하니까
-으면if / when
정확하면
-지만but
정확하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
정확한데
-어도even if
정확해도

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.

이건 부정확한 것 같아.

I think that's inaccurate.

이건 부정확하다고 생각해.

I think that that's inaccurate.

좀 더 정확하게는.

Much more precise.

하지만 정확하게 2.7도는 아니에요.

But it's not exactly 2.7 degrees.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 정확하다 in Korean?

정확하다 (to be accurate) is 정확해요 in the polite 해요체, 정확합니다 in formal 합니다체, 정확해 in casual 반말 and 정확하다 in the plain written style. The past is 정확했어요.

What is the past tense of 정확하다?

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

Is 정확하다 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 정확하여 and 정확하니 but unchanged in 정확합니다.

What TOPIK level is 정확하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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