기막히다 Korean adjective conjugation

be at a loss for words

TOPIK 5 5급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 기막히다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
기막힌
아/어Infinitive
기막혀
-으니Since
기막히니
합니다Formal
기막힙니다

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 기막혀요기막힙니다기막혀기막히다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 기막혔어요기막혔습니다기막혔어기막혔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 기막히겠어요기막히겠습니다기막히겠어기막히겠다
-을 것이다Going to 기막힐 거예요기막힐 것입니다기막힐 거야기막힐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 기막혀요?기막힙니까?기막혀?기막히니?
과거Past 기막혔어요?기막혔습니까?기막혔어?기막혔니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 기막혀요안 기막힙니다안 기막혀안 기막히다
-지 않다Not (long) 기막히지 않아요기막히지 않습니다기막히지 않아기막히지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 기막히세요기막히십니다기막히셔기막히시다
과거Past 기막히셨어요기막히셨습니다기막히셨어기막히셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
기막힌
과거Past
기막힌
미래Future
기막힐
회상Used to
기막히던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
기막히고
-게-ly / so that
기막히게
-어서so / and then
기막혀서
-으니까since
기막히니까
-으면if / when
기막히면
-지만but
기막히지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
기막힌데
-어도even if
기막혀도

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.

놀랍게도 가볍고 게다가 기막히게 균형이 잡혀있지요.

It has an extraordinary lightness and yet, it is also amazing balanced.

여기 기막힌 가사 나갑니다

And now for a dramatic reading:

내가 오늘 기막힌 선물 가져왔어

I brought you a gift today

이 기막힌 얘기의 주인공 비니 파지엔자입니다

It's a fascinating story. Vinny Pazienza.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 기막히다 in Korean?

기막히다 (be at a loss for words) is 기막혀요 in the polite 해요체, 기막힙니다 in formal 합니다체, 기막혀 in casual 반말 and 기막히다 in the plain written style. The past is 기막혔어요.

What is the past tense of 기막히다?

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

Is 기막히다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 기막힙니다, 기막혀, 기막히니 all keep 기막히 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 기막히다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.