투철하다 Korean adjective conjugation

thoroughly, completely. 철저하다

Every form of 투철하다 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
투철한
아/어Infinitive
투철해
-으니Since
투철하니
합니다Formal
투철합니다

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 투철해요투철합니다투철해투철하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 투철했어요투철했습니다투철했어투철했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 투철하겠어요투철하겠습니다투철하겠어투철하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 투철할 거예요투철할 것입니다투철할 거야투철할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 투철해요?투철합니까?투철해?투철하니?
과거Past 투철했어요?투철했습니까?투철했어?투철했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 투철해요안 투철합니다안 투철해안 투철하다
-지 않다Not (long) 투철하지 않아요투철하지 않습니다투철하지 않아투철하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 투철하세요투철하십니다투철하셔투철하시다
과거Past 투철하셨어요투철하셨습니다투철하셨어투철하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
투철한
과거Past
투철한
미래Future
투철할
회상Used to
투철하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
투철하고
-게-ly / so that
투철하게
-어서so / and then
투철해서
-으니까since
투철하니까
-으면if / when
투철하면
-지만but
투철하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
투철한데
-어도even if
투철해도

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.

사람들은 거리로 나와 우리가 한동안 보지 못했던 완고함과 투철함으로 변화를 촉구하고 있습니다.

People are on the streets calling for change with a verve and tenacity we have not seen for a generation.

이 각각의 예시에서 현실적이고 투철하지만 단호하고 완고한 낙관주의는 성공의 결과가 아니었습니다.

In each of these cases, a realistic and gritty but determined, stubborn optimism was not the result of success.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 투철하다 in Korean?

투철하다 (thoroughly, completely. 철저하다) is 투철해요 in the polite 해요체, 투철합니다 in formal 합니다체, 투철해 in casual 반말 and 투철하다 in the plain written style. The past is 투철했어요.

What is the past tense of 투철하다?

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

Is 투철하다 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 투철하여 and 투철하니 but unchanged in 투철합니다.

What TOPIK level is 투철하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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