완곡하다 Korean adjective conjugation
euphemistic
Every form of 완곡하다 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
- 완곡한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 완곡해
- -으니Since
- 완곡하니
- 합니다Formal
- 완곡합니다
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 | 완곡해요 | 완곡합니다 | 완곡해 | 완곡하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 완곡했어요 | 완곡했습니다 | 완곡했어 | 완곡했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 완곡하겠어요 | 완곡하겠습니다 | 완곡하겠어 | 완곡하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 완곡할 거예요 | 완곡할 것입니다 | 완곡할 거야 | 완곡할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 완곡해요? | 완곡합니까? | 완곡해? | 완곡하니? |
| 과거Past | 완곡했어요? | 완곡했습니까? | 완곡했어? | 완곡했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 완곡해요 | 안 완곡합니다 | 안 완곡해 | 안 완곡하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 완곡하지 않아요 | 완곡하지 않습니다 | 완곡하지 않아 | 완곡하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 완곡하세요 | 완곡하십니다 | 완곡하셔 | 완곡하시다 |
| 과거Past | 완곡하셨어요 | 완곡하셨습니다 | 완곡하셨어 | 완곡하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 완곡한
- 과거Past
- 완곡한
- 미래Future
- 완곡할
- 회상Used to
- 완곡하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 완곡하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 완곡하게
- -어서so / and then
- 완곡해서
- -으니까since
- 완곡하니까
- -으면if / when
- 완곡하면
- -지만but
- 완곡하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 완곡한데
- -어도even if
- 완곡해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 완곡하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
주위의 친구들에게 물어봤고, 모두들 월경에 대해서 완곡하게 말하더라고요.
I asked girlfriends and everybody spoke in euphemisms.
모두 죽음의 완곡한 표현이죠. 우리모두가 경험하게 될 인생의 사건 죽음
These are all euphemisms we use in humor to describe the one life event we are all going to experience: death.
그렇다면 다른 어떤 단어를 써서 좀 더 부드럽게 기름칠 하듯 완곡하게 표현할 수 있을까요?
So, what other words might be used to smooth the path, oil the wheels, sugar the pill?
제 자신이 바로 그런 곳 출신입니다. 완곡한 표현으로 "글로벌 사우스" 또는 "개발도상국"으로 불리죠.
I myself am from that part of the world often euphemistically referred to as either "the Global South" or "the developing world."
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 완곡하다 in Korean?
완곡하다 (euphemistic) is 완곡해요 in the polite 해요체, 완곡합니다 in formal 합니다체, 완곡해 in casual 반말 and 완곡하다 in the plain written style. The past is 완곡했어요.
What is the past tense of 완곡하다?
완곡했어요 in everyday polite speech, 완곡했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 완곡하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 완곡하다 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 완곡하여 and 완곡하니 but unchanged in 완곡합니다.
What TOPIK level is 완곡하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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