배고프다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be hungry
Every form of 배고프다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 배고픈
- 아/어Infinitive
- 배고파
- -으니Since
- 배고프니
- 합니다Formal
- 배고픕니다
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 | 배고파요 | 배고픕니다 | 배고파 | 배고프다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 배고팠어요 | 배고팠습니다 | 배고팠어 | 배고팠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 배고프겠어요 | 배고프겠습니다 | 배고프겠어 | 배고프겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 배고플 거예요 | 배고플 것입니다 | 배고플 거야 | 배고플 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 배고파요? | 배고픕니까? | 배고파? | 배고프니? |
| 과거Past | 배고팠어요? | 배고팠습니까? | 배고팠어? | 배고팠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 배고파요 | 안 배고픕니다 | 안 배고파 | 안 배고프다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 배고프지 않아요 | 배고프지 않습니다 | 배고프지 않아 | 배고프지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 배고프세요 | 배고프십니다 | 배고프셔 | 배고프시다 |
| 과거Past | 배고프셨어요 | 배고프셨습니다 | 배고프셨어 | 배고프셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 배고픈
- 과거Past
- 배고픈
- 미래Future
- 배고플
- 회상Used to
- 배고프던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 배고프고
- -게-ly / so that
- 배고프게
- -어서so / and then
- 배고파서
- -으니까since
- 배고프니까
- -으면if / when
- 배고프면
- -지만but
- 배고프지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 배고픈데
- -어도even if
- 배고파도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 배고프다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
난 배고파 지네, 넌 어때?
I'm getting hungry; how about you?
배고픈데 점심 먹으러 갈까요?
I'm hungry. Shall we go have lunch?
이건 우리가 배고프다는 신호가 아니죠.
This is not because we're hungry.
엄마 밥 줘, 배고파
Mom, I'm hungry.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 배고프다 in Korean?
배고프다 (to be hungry) is 배고파요 in the polite 해요체, 배고픕니다 in formal 합니다체, 배고파 in casual 반말 and 배고프다 in the plain written style. The past is 배고팠어요.
What is the past tense of 배고프다?
배고팠어요 in everyday polite speech, 배고팠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 배고파 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 배고프다 irregular?
Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 배고파 and 배고프니 but unchanged in 배고픕니다.
What TOPIK level is 배고프다?
3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.
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