난처하다

to be awkward

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
난처한
아/어Infinitive
난처해
-으니Since
난처하니
합니다Formal
난처합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 난처해요난처합니다난처해난처하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 난처했어요난처했습니다난처했어난처했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 난처하겠어요난처하겠습니다난처하겠어난처하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 난처할 거예요난처할 것입니다난처할 거야난처할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 난처해요?난처합니까?난처해?난처하니?
과거Past 난처했어요?난처했습니까?난처했어?난처했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 난처해요안 난처합니다안 난처해안 난처하다
-지 않다Not (long) 난처하지 않아요난처하지 않습니다난처하지 않아난처하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 난처하세요난처하십니다난처하셔난처하시다
과거Past 난처하셨어요난처하셨습니다난처하셨어난처하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
난처한
과거Past
난처한
미래Future
난처할
회상Used to
난처하던

Joining clauses

-고and
난처하고
-게-ly / so that
난처하게
-어서so / and then
난처해서
-으니까since
난처하니까
-으면if / when
난처하면
-지만but
난처하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
난처한데
-어도even if
난처해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그는 그 문제로 난처해졌다.

He was stumped by the problem.

2011년 시즌의 말기에 레드삭스는 난처하게 되어 플레이오프들로 이루는 데 실패하였다.

At the end of the 2011 season, the Red Sox stumbled and failed to make the playoffs.

조금 난처한 입장에 놓이게 되나요?

Is that a difficult position for you?

지켜지지 않는다면 매우 난처하겠지요.

Failure would be embarrassing.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 난처하다 in Korean?

난처하다 (to be awkward) is 난처해요 in the polite 해요체, 난처합니다 in formal 합니다체, 난처해 in casual 반말 and 난처하다 in the plain written style. The past is 난처했어요.

What is the past tense of 난처하다?

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

Is 난처하다 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 난처하여 and 난처하니 but unchanged in 난처합니다.

What TOPIK level is 난처하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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