애처롭다 Korean adjective conjugation
pitiful
Every form of 애처롭다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 애처로운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 애처로워
- -으니Since
- 애처로우니
- 합니다Formal
- 애처롭습니다
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 | 애처로워요 | 애처롭습니다 | 애처로워 | 애처롭다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 애처로웠어요 | 애처로웠습니다 | 애처로웠어 | 애처로웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 애처롭겠어요 | 애처롭겠습니다 | 애처롭겠어 | 애처롭겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 애처로울 거예요 | 애처로울 것입니다 | 애처로울 거야 | 애처로울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 애처로워요? | 애처롭습니까? | 애처로워? | 애처로우니? |
| 과거Past | 애처로웠어요? | 애처로웠습니까? | 애처로웠어? | 애처로웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 애처로워요 | 안 애처롭습니다 | 안 애처로워 | 안 애처롭다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 애처롭지 않아요 | 애처롭지 않습니다 | 애처롭지 않아 | 애처롭지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 애처로우세요 | 애처로우십니다 | 애처로우셔 | 애처로우시다 |
| 과거Past | 애처로우셨어요 | 애처로우셨습니다 | 애처로우셨어 | 애처로우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 애처로운
- 과거Past
- 애처로운
- 미래Future
- 애처로울
- 회상Used to
- 애처롭던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 애처롭고
- -게-ly / so that
- 애처롭게
- -어서so / and then
- 애처로워서
- -으니까since
- 애처로우니까
- -으면if / when
- 애처로우면
- -지만but
- 애처롭지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 애처로운데
- -어도even if
- 애처로워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 애처롭다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
넌 약하고 애처로운 인간이야
You're weak and pathetic.
애처로운 사업자인 걸 알 수 있어요.
T-Mobile is the most pathetic carrier.
당신의 그 애처롭고 갇혀 있는 관중이잖아요
Well, here I am, your pathetic captive audience.
그들이 받은 교육은 정말 애처로울 정도입니다.
And the education they got was pitiful.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 애처롭다 in Korean?
애처롭다 (pitiful) is 애처로워요 in the polite 해요체, 애처롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 애처로워 in casual 반말 and 애처롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 애처로웠어요.
What is the past tense of 애처롭다?
애처로웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 애처로웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 애처로워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 애처롭다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 애처로워 and 애처로우니 but unchanged in 애처롭습니다.
What TOPIK level is 애처롭다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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