고프다

to be hungry

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
고픈
아/어Infinitive
고파
-으니Since
고프니
합니다Formal
고픕니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 고파요고픕니다고파고프다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 고팠어요고팠습니다고팠어고팠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 고프겠어요고프겠습니다고프겠어고프겠다
-을 것이다Going to 고플 거예요고플 것입니다고플 거야고플 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고파요?고픕니까?고파?고프니?
과거Past 고팠어요?고팠습니까?고팠어?고팠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 고파요안 고픕니다안 고파안 고프다
-지 않다Not (long) 고프지 않아요고프지 않습니다고프지 않아고프지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고프세요고프십니다고프셔고프시다
과거Past 고프셨어요고프셨습니다고프셨어고프셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
고픈
과거Past
고픈
미래Future
고플
회상Used to
고프던

Joining clauses

-고and
고프고
-게-ly / so that
고프게
-어서so / and then
고파서
-으니까since
고프니까
-으면if / when
고프면
-지만but
고프지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
고픈데
-어도even if
고파도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이렇게 생각해보세요. 배가 정말 고프면 뭘 먹어도 맛있게 느껴잖아요?

Think of it like this: when you're at your hungriest, pretty much any food tastes amazing, right?

그들은 아직 배가 고프지않다고 말한다.

They say that they're not hungry yet.

제가 첫 아기를 임신했을 때 항상 배가 고팠습니다.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was always hungry.

말그대로 배가 고픈데 공부를 제대로 할 수 있을까요?

What can they possibly learn if their bodies are literally going hungry?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 고프다 in Korean?

고프다 (to be hungry) is 고파요 in the polite 해요체, 고픕니다 in formal 합니다체, 고파 in casual 반말 and 고프다 in the plain written style. The past is 고팠어요.

What is the past tense of 고프다?

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

Is 고프다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 고파 and 고프니 but unchanged in 고픕니다.

What TOPIK level is 고프다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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