편협하다 Korean adjective conjugation
provincial, narrow-minded
Every form of 편협하다 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
- 편협한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 편협해
- -으니Since
- 편협하니
- 합니다Formal
- 편협합니다
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 | 편협해요 | 편협합니다 | 편협해 | 편협하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 편협했어요 | 편협했습니다 | 편협했어 | 편협했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 편협하겠어요 | 편협하겠습니다 | 편협하겠어 | 편협하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 편협할 거예요 | 편협할 것입니다 | 편협할 거야 | 편협할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 편협해요? | 편협합니까? | 편협해? | 편협하니? |
| 과거Past | 편협했어요? | 편협했습니까? | 편협했어? | 편협했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 편협해요 | 안 편협합니다 | 안 편협해 | 안 편협하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 편협하지 않아요 | 편협하지 않습니다 | 편협하지 않아 | 편협하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 편협하세요 | 편협하십니다 | 편협하셔 | 편협하시다 |
| 과거Past | 편협하셨어요 | 편협하셨습니다 | 편협하셨어 | 편협하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 편협한
- 과거Past
- 편협한
- 미래Future
- 편협할
- 회상Used to
- 편협하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 편협하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 편협하게
- -어서so / and then
- 편협해서
- -으니까since
- 편협하니까
- -으면if / when
- 편협하면
- -지만but
- 편협하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 편협한데
- -어도even if
- 편협해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 편협하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이렇게 편협함은 단지 부도덕함을 넘어서 생명을 위협할 수도 있습니다.
So bigotry isn't just immoral, it can even be lethal.
우리의 편협함.
Our shortsightedness.
무엇보다 놀랐던 점은 제 자료는 매우 편협하다고 지적한 톰의 비판이었습니다.
What was very surprising to me was Tom's critique, which was, "Ghemawat's data are narrow."
하지만 편협함과는 공존할 수 없죠.
But it is incompatible with intolerance.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 편협하다 in Korean?
편협하다 (provincial, narrow-minded) is 편협해요 in the polite 해요체, 편협합니다 in formal 합니다체, 편협해 in casual 반말 and 편협하다 in the plain written style. The past is 편협했어요.
What is the past tense of 편협하다?
편협했어요 in everyday polite speech, 편협했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 편협하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 편협하다 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 편협하여 and 편협하니 but unchanged in 편협합니다.
What TOPIK level is 편협하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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