그립다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be missed

Every form of 그립다 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
그리운
아/어Infinitive
그리워
-으니Since
그리우니
합니다Formal
그립습니다

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 그리워요그립습니다그리워그립다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 그리웠어요그리웠습니다그리웠어그리웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 그립겠어요그립겠습니다그립겠어그립겠다
-을 것이다Going to 그리울 거예요그리울 것입니다그리울 거야그리울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 그리워요?그립습니까?그리워?그리우니?
과거Past 그리웠어요?그리웠습니까?그리웠어?그리웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 그리워요안 그립습니다안 그리워안 그립다
-지 않다Not (long) 그립지 않아요그립지 않습니다그립지 않아그립지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 그리우세요그리우십니다그리우셔그리우시다
과거Past 그리우셨어요그리우셨습니다그리우셨어그리우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
그리운
과거Past
그리운
미래Future
그리울
회상Used to
그립던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
그립고
-게-ly / so that
그립게
-어서so / and then
그리워서
-으니까since
그리우니까
-으면if / when
그리우면
-지만but
그립지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
그리운데
-어도even if
그리워도

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.

난 내 고양이가 그리워.

I miss my cat.

조엘을 만난 적은 없지만 조엘이 그립다는 내용이죠.

They tell me that they miss Joel, even though they never met him.

고향이 그립다.

I am homesick.

남겨둔 가족과 친구들이 그리웠지요.

I missed my family and the friends I left behind.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 그립다 in Korean?

그립다 (to be missed) is 그리워요 in the polite 해요체, 그립습니다 in formal 합니다체, 그리워 in casual 반말 and 그립다 in the plain written style. The past is 그리웠어요.

What is the past tense of 그립다?

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

Is 그립다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 그립다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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