완곡하다

euphemistic

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
완곡한
아/어Infinitive
완곡해
-으니Since
완곡하니
합니다Formal
완곡합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 완곡해요완곡합니다완곡해완곡하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 완곡했어요완곡했습니다완곡했어완곡했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 완곡하겠어요완곡하겠습니다완곡하겠어완곡하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 완곡할 거예요완곡할 것입니다완곡할 거야완곡할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 완곡해요?완곡합니까?완곡해?완곡하니?
과거Past 완곡했어요?완곡했습니까?완곡했어?완곡했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 완곡해요안 완곡합니다안 완곡해안 완곡하다
-지 않다Not (long) 완곡하지 않아요완곡하지 않습니다완곡하지 않아완곡하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 완곡하세요완곡하십니다완곡하셔완곡하시다
과거Past 완곡하셨어요완곡하셨습니다완곡하셨어완곡하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
완곡한
과거Past
완곡한
미래Future
완곡할
회상Used to
완곡하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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."

Common 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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