편찮다

to be ill, sick

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
편찮은
아/어Infinitive
편찮아
-으니Since
편찮으니
합니다Formal
편찮습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 편찮아요편찮습니다편찮아편찮다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 편찮았어요편찮았습니다편찮았어편찮았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 편찮겠어요편찮겠습니다편찮겠어편찮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 편찮을 거예요편찮을 것입니다편찮을 거야편찮을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편찮아요?편찮습니까?편찮아?편찮으니?
과거Past 편찮았어요?편찮았습니까?편찮았어?편찮았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 편찮아요안 편찮습니다안 편찮아안 편찮다
-지 않다Not (long) 편찮지 않아요편찮지 않습니다편찮지 않아편찮지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편찮으세요편찮으십니다편찮으셔편찮으시다
과거Past 편찮으셨어요편찮으셨습니다편찮으셨어편찮으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
편찮은
과거Past
편찮은
미래Future
편찮을
회상Used to
편찮던

Joining clauses

-고and
편찮고
-게-ly / so that
편찮게
-어서so / and then
편찮아서
-으니까since
편찮으니까
-으면if / when
편찮으면
-지만but
편찮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
편찮은데
-어도even if
편찮아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

당장 나랑 가요, 아빠가 편찮으세요

My father's very ill. I think we best stay put.

아버지 편찮으실 때 니나를 몇 번 봤어

I saw Nina a couple times when he was sick.

당시 우리 아버지는 매우 편찮으셨습니다.

And at about this time actually my father got very sick.

제가 고등학생 때, 아버지가 많이 편찮으셨어요.

While I was in high school also, my dad was sick.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 편찮다 in Korean?

편찮다 (to be ill, sick) is 편찮아요 in the polite 해요체, 편찮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 편찮아 in casual 반말 and 편찮다 in the plain written style. The past is 편찮았어요.

What is the past tense of 편찮다?

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

Is 편찮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 편찮습니다, 편찮아, 편찮으니 all keep 편찮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 편찮다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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