안타깝다

unfortunate

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
안타까운
아/어Infinitive
안타까워
-으니Since
안타까우니
합니다Formal
안타깝습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 안타까워요안타깝습니다안타까워안타깝다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 안타까웠어요안타까웠습니다안타까웠어안타까웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 안타깝겠어요안타깝겠습니다안타깝겠어안타깝겠다
-을 것이다Going to 안타까울 거예요안타까울 것입니다안타까울 거야안타까울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안타까워요?안타깝습니까?안타까워?안타까우니?
과거Past 안타까웠어요?안타까웠습니까?안타까웠어?안타까웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 안타까워요안 안타깝습니다안 안타까워안 안타깝다
-지 않다Not (long) 안타깝지 않아요안타깝지 않습니다안타깝지 않아안타깝지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안타까우세요안타까우십니다안타까우셔안타까우시다
과거Past 안타까우셨어요안타까우셨습니다안타까우셨어안타까우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
안타까운
과거Past
안타까운
미래Future
안타까울
회상Used to
안타깝던

Joining clauses

-고and
안타깝고
-게-ly / so that
안타깝게
-어서so / and then
안타까워서
-으니까since
안타까우니까
-으면if / when
안타까우면
-지만but
안타깝지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
안타까운데
-어도even if
안타까워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

안타깝게도 변한 건 없습니다.

I'm afraid it's not different now.

그리고 안타깝게도, 그날이 왔죠.

And unfortunately, that day came.

이 모든 것이 약간 안타깝긴 하지만

It was all a bit disheartening.

안타깝게도, 전 그렇다고 생각합니다.

And sadly, I think there are.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 안타깝다 in Korean?

안타깝다 (unfortunate) is 안타까워요 in the polite 해요체, 안타깝습니다 in formal 합니다체, 안타까워 in casual 반말 and 안타깝다 in the plain written style. The past is 안타까웠어요.

What is the past tense of 안타깝다?

안타까웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 안타까웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 안타까워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 안타깝다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 안타까워 and 안타까우니 but unchanged in 안타깝습니다.

What TOPIK level is 안타깝다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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