울퉁불퉁하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be uneven

Every form of 울퉁불퉁하다 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
울퉁불퉁한
아/어Infinitive
울퉁불퉁해
-으니Since
울퉁불퉁하니
합니다Formal
울퉁불퉁합니다

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 울퉁불퉁해요울퉁불퉁합니다울퉁불퉁해울퉁불퉁하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 울퉁불퉁했어요울퉁불퉁했습니다울퉁불퉁했어울퉁불퉁했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 울퉁불퉁하겠어요울퉁불퉁하겠습니다울퉁불퉁하겠어울퉁불퉁하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 울퉁불퉁할 거예요울퉁불퉁할 것입니다울퉁불퉁할 거야울퉁불퉁할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울퉁불퉁해요?울퉁불퉁합니까?울퉁불퉁해?울퉁불퉁하니?
과거Past 울퉁불퉁했어요?울퉁불퉁했습니까?울퉁불퉁했어?울퉁불퉁했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 울퉁불퉁해요안 울퉁불퉁합니다안 울퉁불퉁해안 울퉁불퉁하다
-지 않다Not (long) 울퉁불퉁하지 않아요울퉁불퉁하지 않습니다울퉁불퉁하지 않아울퉁불퉁하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울퉁불퉁하세요울퉁불퉁하십니다울퉁불퉁하셔울퉁불퉁하시다
과거Past 울퉁불퉁하셨어요울퉁불퉁하셨습니다울퉁불퉁하셨어울퉁불퉁하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
울퉁불퉁한
과거Past
울퉁불퉁한
미래Future
울퉁불퉁할
회상Used to
울퉁불퉁하던

연결Joining 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

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.

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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