달갑다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be welcome

Every form of 달갑다 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
달가운
아/어Infinitive
달가워
-으니Since
달가우니
합니다Formal
달갑습니다

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 달가워요달갑습니다달가워달갑다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달가웠어요달가웠습니다달가웠어달가웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 달갑겠어요달갑겠습니다달갑겠어달갑겠다
-을 것이다Going to 달가울 거예요달가울 것입니다달가울 거야달가울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달가워요?달갑습니까?달가워?달가우니?
과거Past 달가웠어요?달가웠습니까?달가웠어?달가웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 달가워요안 달갑습니다안 달가워안 달갑다
-지 않다Not (long) 달갑지 않아요달갑지 않습니다달갑지 않아달갑지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달가우세요달가우십니다달가우셔달가우시다
과거Past 달가우셨어요달가우셨습니다달가우셨어달가우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
달가운
과거Past
달가운
미래Future
달가울
회상Used to
달갑던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
달갑고
-게-ly / so that
달갑게
-어서so / and then
달가워서
-으니까since
달가우니까
-으면if / when
달가우면
-지만but
달갑지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
달가운데
-어도even if
달가워도

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.

이것은 우리가 그리 달갑지 않아 하는 일입니다.

Turns out we don't really like that too much.

그들은 분명 지트니의 큰 성공이 달갑지 않았습니다.

They were clearly not happy about the jitney juggernaut.

달갑지 않은 요소도 끼어듭니다. 불법 복제 말이죠.

There's one more thing that's not on the list: piracy.

저는 모두가 제 용기를 달가워할거라 생각하지 않았고, 제가 맞았습니다.

I figured not everyone would dig my moxie, and I was right.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 달갑다 in Korean?

달갑다 (to be welcome) is 달가워요 in the polite 해요체, 달갑습니다 in formal 합니다체, 달가워 in casual 반말 and 달갑다 in the plain written style. The past is 달가웠어요.

What is the past tense of 달갑다?

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

Is 달갑다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 달갑다?

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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