처참하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be atrocious, terrible
Every form of 처참하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 처참한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 처참해
- -으니Since
- 처참하니
- 합니다Formal
- 처참합니다
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 | 처참해요 | 처참합니다 | 처참해 | 처참하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 처참했어요 | 처참했습니다 | 처참했어 | 처참했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 처참하겠어요 | 처참하겠습니다 | 처참하겠어 | 처참하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 처참할 거예요 | 처참할 것입니다 | 처참할 거야 | 처참할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 처참해요? | 처참합니까? | 처참해? | 처참하니? |
| 과거Past | 처참했어요? | 처참했습니까? | 처참했어? | 처참했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 처참해요 | 안 처참합니다 | 안 처참해 | 안 처참하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 처참하지 않아요 | 처참하지 않습니다 | 처참하지 않아 | 처참하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 처참하세요 | 처참하십니다 | 처참하셔 | 처참하시다 |
| 과거Past | 처참하셨어요 | 처참하셨습니다 | 처참하셨어 | 처참하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 처참한
- 과거Past
- 처참한
- 미래Future
- 처참할
- 회상Used to
- 처참하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 처참하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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