빠듯하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be tight, barely enough
Every form of 빠듯하다 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
- 빠듯한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 빠듯해
- -으니Since
- 빠듯하니
- 합니다Formal
- 빠듯합니다
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 | 빠듯해요 | 빠듯합니다 | 빠듯해 | 빠듯하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 빠듯했어요 | 빠듯했습니다 | 빠듯했어 | 빠듯했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 빠듯하겠어요 | 빠듯하겠습니다 | 빠듯하겠어 | 빠듯하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 빠듯할 거예요 | 빠듯할 것입니다 | 빠듯할 거야 | 빠듯할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빠듯해요? | 빠듯합니까? | 빠듯해? | 빠듯하니? |
| 과거Past | 빠듯했어요? | 빠듯했습니까? | 빠듯했어? | 빠듯했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 빠듯해요 | 안 빠듯합니다 | 안 빠듯해 | 안 빠듯하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 빠듯하지 않아요 | 빠듯하지 않습니다 | 빠듯하지 않아 | 빠듯하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 빠듯하세요 | 빠듯하십니다 | 빠듯하셔 | 빠듯하시다 |
| 과거Past | 빠듯하셨어요 | 빠듯하셨습니다 | 빠듯하셨어 | 빠듯하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 빠듯한
- 과거Past
- 빠듯한
- 미래Future
- 빠듯할
- 회상Used to
- 빠듯하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 빠듯하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 빠듯하게
- -어서so / and then
- 빠듯해서
- -으니까since
- 빠듯하니까
- -으면if / when
- 빠듯하면
- -지만but
- 빠듯하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 빠듯한데
- -어도even if
- 빠듯해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 빠듯하다
- 1이 2에 빠듯하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
존경하는 Captain, 우리는 시간이 없습니다 물이 있는 섬에 가기에도 빠듯합니다.
Due respect, Captain, we only have a small window of time to make it to the island on the water we have.
좀 너무 빠듯하지 않나요?
Isn't that a bit optimistic?
너무 빠듯해 대원들을 위험에 노출시킬 순 없어
I'm not risking that exposure to my crew.
시간이 빠듯해
Our time is limited.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 빠듯하다 in Korean?
빠듯하다 (to be tight, barely enough) is 빠듯해요 in the polite 해요체, 빠듯합니다 in formal 합니다체, 빠듯해 in casual 반말 and 빠듯하다 in the plain written style. The past is 빠듯했어요.
What is the past tense of 빠듯하다?
빠듯했어요 in everyday polite speech, 빠듯했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 빠듯하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 빠듯하다 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 빠듯하여 and 빠듯하니 but unchanged in 빠듯합니다.
What TOPIK level is 빠듯하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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