아쉽다 Korean adjective conjugation

to miss

Every form of 아쉽다 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
아쉬운
아/어Infinitive
아쉬워
-으니Since
아쉬우니
합니다Formal
아쉽습니다

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 아쉬워요아쉽습니다아쉬워아쉽다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 아쉬웠어요아쉬웠습니다아쉬웠어아쉬웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 아쉽겠어요아쉽겠습니다아쉽겠어아쉽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 아쉬울 거예요아쉬울 것입니다아쉬울 거야아쉬울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 아쉬워요?아쉽습니까?아쉬워?아쉬우니?
과거Past 아쉬웠어요?아쉬웠습니까?아쉬웠어?아쉬웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 아쉬워요안 아쉽습니다안 아쉬워안 아쉽다
-지 않다Not (long) 아쉽지 않아요아쉽지 않습니다아쉽지 않아아쉽지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 아쉬우세요아쉬우십니다아쉬우셔아쉬우시다
과거Past 아쉬우셨어요아쉬우셨습니다아쉬우셨어아쉬우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
아쉬운
과거Past
아쉬운
미래Future
아쉬울
회상Used to
아쉽던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
아쉽고
-게-ly / so that
아쉽게
-어서so / and then
아쉬워서
-으니까since
아쉬우니까
-으면if / when
아쉬우면
-지만but
아쉽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
아쉬운데
-어도even if
아쉬워도

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.

아쉽게도 잘 안됐어요.

But unfortunately, it didn't work out.

아쉽게도 가끔은 죽은 동물들도 있고요.

Even an occasional dead animal, unfortunately.

아쉽게도 도시들은 그렇게 디자인 되지 않았어요.

Unfortunately, that's not how cities were being designed.

참 아쉬운 연구였습니다.

What a lost opportunity.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 아쉽다 in Korean?

아쉽다 (to miss) is 아쉬워요 in the polite 해요체, 아쉽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 아쉬워 in casual 반말 and 아쉽다 in the plain written style. The past is 아쉬웠어요.

What is the past tense of 아쉽다?

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

Is 아쉽다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 아쉽다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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