처참하다

to be atrocious, terrible

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
처참한
아/어Infinitive
처참해
-으니Since
처참하니
합니다Formal
처참합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 처참해요처참합니다처참해처참하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 처참했어요처참했습니다처참했어처참했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 처참하겠어요처참하겠습니다처참하겠어처참하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 처참할 거예요처참할 것입니다처참할 거야처참할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 처참해요?처참합니까?처참해?처참하니?
과거Past 처참했어요?처참했습니까?처참했어?처참했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 처참해요안 처참합니다안 처참해안 처참하다
-지 않다Not (long) 처참하지 않아요처참하지 않습니다처참하지 않아처참하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 처참하세요처참하십니다처참하셔처참하시다
과거Past 처참하셨어요처참하셨습니다처참하셨어처참하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
처참한
과거Past
처참한
미래Future
처참할
회상Used to
처참하던

Joining clauses

-고and
처참하고
-게-ly / so that
처참하게
-어서so / and then
처참해서
-으니까since
처참하니까
-으면if / when
처참하면
-지만but
처참하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
처참한데
-어도even if
처참해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

왜 처참하게 실패했을까요?

Why did it fail miserably?

그리고 24세에, 처참한 결과를 얻게 되었습니다.

And at the age of 24, I learned the devastating consequences.

이것은, 지금까지, 나를 가장 처참하게 한 부분입니다.

This, by far, is the most devastating part for me.

매일, 우리는 이라크 내전에 대한 처참한 뉴스를 접했습니다.

Every day, we heard devastating reports from the war in Iraq.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 처참하다 in Korean?

처참하다 (to be atrocious, terrible) is 처참해요 in the polite 해요체, 처참합니다 in formal 합니다체, 처참해 in casual 반말 and 처참하다 in the plain written style. The past is 처참했어요.

What is the past tense of 처참하다?

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

Is 처참하다 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 처참하여 and 처참하니 but unchanged in 처참합니다.

What TOPIK level is 처참하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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