정신없다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be hectic

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 정신없다 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
정신없는
아/어Infinitive
정신없어
-으니Since
정신없으니
합니다Formal
정신없습니다

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 정신없어요정신없습니다정신없어정신없다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 정신없었어요정신없었습니다정신없었어정신없었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 정신없겠어요정신없겠습니다정신없겠어정신없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 정신없을 거예요정신없을 것입니다정신없을 거야정신없을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정신없어요?정신없습니까?정신없어?정신없으니?
과거Past 정신없었어요?정신없었습니까?정신없었어?정신없었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 정신없어요안 정신없습니다안 정신없어안 정신없다
-지 않다Not (long) 정신없지 않아요정신없지 않습니다정신없지 않아정신없지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 정신없으세요정신없으십니다정신없으셔정신없으시다
과거Past 정신없으셨어요정신없으셨습니다정신없으셨어정신없으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
정신없는
과거Past
정신없은
미래Future
정신없을
회상Used to
정신없던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
정신없고
-게-ly / so that
정신없게
-어서so / and then
정신없어서
-으니까since
정신없으니까
-으면if / when
정신없으면
-지만but
정신없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
정신없는데
-어도even if
정신없어도

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.

이봐, 너 좀 정신없어 보여.

Hey, you look a little lost.

갑자기 손님이 닥쳐서 정신없었어요.

Customers suddenly rushed in, so I was flustered.

정신없어지죠.

It gets crazy.

정신없는 도서관에서의 또 하루가 지나가네요.

Just another high-stakes day in the library.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 정신없다 in Korean?

정신없다 (to be hectic) is 정신없어요 in the polite 해요체, 정신없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 정신없어 in casual 반말 and 정신없다 in the plain written style. The past is 정신없었어요.

What is the past tense of 정신없다?

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

Is 정신없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 정신없습니다, 정신없어, 정신없으니 all keep 정신없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 정신없다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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