한심하다

to be pathetic

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
한심한
아/어Infinitive
한심해
-으니Since
한심하니
합니다Formal
한심합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 한심해요한심합니다한심해한심하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 한심했어요한심했습니다한심했어한심했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 한심하겠어요한심하겠습니다한심하겠어한심하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 한심할 거예요한심할 것입니다한심할 거야한심할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 한심해요?한심합니까?한심해?한심하니?
과거Past 한심했어요?한심했습니까?한심했어?한심했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 한심해요안 한심합니다안 한심해안 한심하다
-지 않다Not (long) 한심하지 않아요한심하지 않습니다한심하지 않아한심하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 한심하세요한심하십니다한심하셔한심하시다
과거Past 한심하셨어요한심하셨습니다한심하셨어한심하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
한심한
과거Past
한심한
미래Future
한심할
회상Used to
한심하던

Joining clauses

-고and
한심하고
-게-ly / so that
한심하게
-어서so / and then
한심해서
-으니까since
한심하니까
-으면if / when
한심하면
-지만but
한심하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
한심한데
-어도even if
한심해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

다행은 무슨 한심한 거지

It's not great. It's pathetic.

방금 그거 완전 한심했어요

That was pathetic.

한심한 것 같아.

I think this is ridiculous.

톰은 이걸 한심한 아이디어라고 생각해.

Tom thinks it's a ridiculous idea.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 한심하다 in Korean?

한심하다 (to be pathetic) is 한심해요 in the polite 해요체, 한심합니다 in formal 합니다체, 한심해 in casual 반말 and 한심하다 in the plain written style. The past is 한심했어요.

What is the past tense of 한심하다?

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

Is 한심하다 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 한심하여 and 한심하니 but unchanged in 한심합니다.

What TOPIK level is 한심하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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