오죽하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be so much

Every form of 오죽하다 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
오죽한
아/어Infinitive
오죽해
-으니Since
오죽하니
합니다Formal
오죽합니다

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 오죽해요오죽합니다오죽해오죽하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 오죽했어요오죽했습니다오죽했어오죽했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 오죽하겠어요오죽하겠습니다오죽하겠어오죽하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 오죽할 거예요오죽할 것입니다오죽할 거야오죽할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 오죽해요?오죽합니까?오죽해?오죽하니?
과거Past 오죽했어요?오죽했습니까?오죽했어?오죽했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 오죽해요안 오죽합니다안 오죽해안 오죽하다
-지 않다Not (long) 오죽하지 않아요오죽하지 않습니다오죽하지 않아오죽하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 오죽하세요오죽하십니다오죽하셔오죽하시다
과거Past 오죽하셨어요오죽하셨습니다오죽하셨어오죽하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
오죽한
과거Past
오죽한
미래Future
오죽할
회상Used to
오죽하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
오죽하고
-게-ly / so that
오죽하게
-어서so / and then
오죽해서
-으니까since
오죽하니까
-으면if / when
오죽하면
-지만but
오죽하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
오죽한데
-어도even if
오죽해도

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.

그야 나도 미치겠는데 네 마음인들 오죽하겠냐

I understand how you feel, son.

오죽하면 그랬을까요?

Why he had to do it.

교육이 비싸다고 생각한다면 무지함은 오죽하겠는가 라는 말이 있습니다.

It's been said that if you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

오죽하면 쫓아냈겠어.

This is so ugly, and just embarrassing.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 오죽하다 in Korean?

오죽하다 (to be so much) is 오죽해요 in the polite 해요체, 오죽합니다 in formal 합니다체, 오죽해 in casual 반말 and 오죽하다 in the plain written style. The past is 오죽했어요.

What is the past tense of 오죽하다?

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

Is 오죽하다 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 오죽하여 and 오죽하니 but unchanged in 오죽합니다.

What TOPIK level is 오죽하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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