울퉁불퉁하다
to be uneven
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 울퉁불퉁한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 울퉁불퉁해
- -으니Since
- 울퉁불퉁하니
- 합니다Formal
- 울퉁불퉁합니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 울퉁불퉁해요 | 울퉁불퉁합니다 | 울퉁불퉁해 | 울퉁불퉁하다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 울퉁불퉁했어요 | 울퉁불퉁했습니다 | 울퉁불퉁했어 | 울퉁불퉁했다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 울퉁불퉁하겠어요 | 울퉁불퉁하겠습니다 | 울퉁불퉁하겠어 | 울퉁불퉁하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 울퉁불퉁할 거예요 | 울퉁불퉁할 것입니다 | 울퉁불퉁할 거야 | 울퉁불퉁할 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 울퉁불퉁해요? | 울퉁불퉁합니까? | 울퉁불퉁해? | 울퉁불퉁하니? |
| 과거Past | 울퉁불퉁했어요? | 울퉁불퉁했습니까? | 울퉁불퉁했어? | 울퉁불퉁했니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 울퉁불퉁해요 | 안 울퉁불퉁합니다 | 안 울퉁불퉁해 | 안 울퉁불퉁하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 울퉁불퉁하지 않아요 | 울퉁불퉁하지 않습니다 | 울퉁불퉁하지 않아 | 울퉁불퉁하지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 울퉁불퉁하세요 | 울퉁불퉁하십니다 | 울퉁불퉁하셔 | 울퉁불퉁하시다 |
| 과거Past | 울퉁불퉁하셨어요 | 울퉁불퉁하셨습니다 | 울퉁불퉁하셨어 | 울퉁불퉁하셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 울퉁불퉁한
- 과거Past
- 울퉁불퉁한
- 미래Future
- 울퉁불퉁할
- 회상Used to
- 울퉁불퉁하던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 울퉁불퉁하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 울퉁불퉁하게
- -어서so / and then
- 울퉁불퉁해서
- -으니까since
- 울퉁불퉁하니까
- -으면if / when
- 울퉁불퉁하면
- -지만but
- 울퉁불퉁하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 울퉁불퉁한데
- -어도even if
- 울퉁불퉁해도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 울퉁불퉁하다
In real sentences
속에 선물이 뭔진 모르지만 울퉁불퉁 하더라고요
I didn't know what it was, though it was very uneven
뭐든 사용해서 여기처럼 울퉁불퉁한 무늬를 모방해 보라고 말했습니다.
I told the sculptor to use this bump pattern, whatever you can to copy that.
특히, 바퀴벌레는 울퉁불퉁한 지형을 달릴 때 스스로 균형을 잘 잡습니다.
Remarkably, cockroaches can self-stabilize running over rough terrain.
웅덩이와 울퉁불퉁한 지형 때문에 차체는 당연히 높여야 했죠.
For potholes and uneven terrain, high ground clearance was a no-brainer.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 울퉁불퉁하다 in Korean?
울퉁불퉁하다 (to be uneven) is 울퉁불퉁해요 in the polite 해요체, 울퉁불퉁합니다 in formal 합니다체, 울퉁불퉁해 in casual 반말 and 울퉁불퉁하다 in the plain written style. The past is 울퉁불퉁했어요.
What is the past tense of 울퉁불퉁하다?
울퉁불퉁했어요 in everyday polite speech, 울퉁불퉁했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 울퉁불퉁하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 울퉁불퉁하다 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 울퉁불퉁하여 and 울퉁불퉁하니 but unchanged in 울퉁불퉁합니다.
What TOPIK level is 울퉁불퉁하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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