참담하다

to be tragic

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
참담한
아/어Infinitive
참담해
-으니Since
참담하니
합니다Formal
참담합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참담해요참담합니다참담해참담하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참담했어요참담했습니다참담했어참담했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 참담하겠어요참담하겠습니다참담하겠어참담하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 참담할 거예요참담할 것입니다참담할 거야참담할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참담해요?참담합니까?참담해?참담하니?
과거Past 참담했어요?참담했습니까?참담했어?참담했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 참담해요안 참담합니다안 참담해안 참담하다
-지 않다Not (long) 참담하지 않아요참담하지 않습니다참담하지 않아참담하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참담하세요참담하십니다참담하셔참담하시다
과거Past 참담하셨어요참담하셨습니다참담하셨어참담하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
참담한
과거Past
참담한
미래Future
참담할
회상Used to
참담하던

Joining clauses

-고and
참담하고
-게-ly / so that
참담하게
-어서so / and then
참담해서
-으니까since
참담하니까
-으면if / when
참담하면
-지만but
참담하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
참담한데
-어도even if
참담해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저흰 피츠와 그의 팀에 일어난 일 때문에 참담한 심경입니다.

We're devastated by what's happened to Fitz and the team.

이들 외국인 실습생들이 처한 참담한 실상도 도마 위에 올랐다.

Vietnamese trainees were even made to take part in nuclear decontamination work in Fukushima.

그때 대통령의 목소리가 너무 참담해 저는, 한 사람의 인간으로서, 매우 마음이 아팠습니다.

President visits army colonel Vicente Guzman, a loyal officer injured during Wednesday night's rescue.

참담함에 꼼짝 못하고 어떻게 할 수 없다는 절망감으로 저는 엄청난 눈물을 흘렸습니다. 그리고 제 남편 자얀트에게 물었습니다.

Overcome with the enormity of it all and the complete feeling of loss of control, I shed copious tears and asked my dear husband, Jayant.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 참담하다 in Korean?

참담하다 (to be tragic) is 참담해요 in the polite 해요체, 참담합니다 in formal 합니다체, 참담해 in casual 반말 and 참담하다 in the plain written style. The past is 참담했어요.

What is the past tense of 참담하다?

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

Is 참담하다 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 참담하여 and 참담하니 but unchanged in 참담합니다.

What TOPIK level is 참담하다?

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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