난처하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be awkward
Every form of 난처하다 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
- 난처한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 난처해
- -으니Since
- 난처하니
- 합니다Formal
- 난처합니다
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 | 난처해요 | 난처합니다 | 난처해 | 난처하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 난처했어요 | 난처했습니다 | 난처했어 | 난처했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 난처하겠어요 | 난처하겠습니다 | 난처하겠어 | 난처하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 난처할 거예요 | 난처할 것입니다 | 난처할 거야 | 난처할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 난처해요? | 난처합니까? | 난처해? | 난처하니? |
| 과거Past | 난처했어요? | 난처했습니까? | 난처했어? | 난처했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 난처해요 | 안 난처합니다 | 안 난처해 | 안 난처하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 난처하지 않아요 | 난처하지 않습니다 | 난처하지 않아 | 난처하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 난처하세요 | 난처하십니다 | 난처하셔 | 난처하시다 |
| 과거Past | 난처하셨어요 | 난처하셨습니다 | 난처하셨어 | 난처하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 난처한
- 과거Past
- 난처한
- 미래Future
- 난처할
- 회상Used to
- 난처하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 난처하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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