허전하다

to feel empty

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
허전한
아/어Infinitive
허전해
-으니Since
허전하니
합니다Formal
허전합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허전해요허전합니다허전해허전하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허전했어요허전했습니다허전했어허전했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 허전하겠어요허전하겠습니다허전하겠어허전하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 허전할 거예요허전할 것입니다허전할 거야허전할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허전해요?허전합니까?허전해?허전하니?
과거Past 허전했어요?허전했습니까?허전했어?허전했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 허전해요안 허전합니다안 허전해안 허전하다
-지 않다Not (long) 허전하지 않아요허전하지 않습니다허전하지 않아허전하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허전하세요허전하십니다허전하셔허전하시다
과거Past 허전하셨어요허전하셨습니다허전하셨어허전하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
허전한
과거Past
허전한
미래Future
허전할
회상Used to
허전하던

Joining clauses

-고and
허전하고
-게-ly / so that
허전하게
-어서so / and then
허전해서
-으니까since
허전하니까
-으면if / when
허전하면
-지만but
허전하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
허전한데
-어도even if
허전해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

왠지 좀 마음이 허전해요

I feel strangely empty

하지만 어딘가 허전함이 마음 한구석에 남아 있다

However somehow, I feel emptiness somewhere of my heart.

저는 찾았죠. 말하기 유감스럽네요. 눈물날 정도로 허전하네요.

And I found it, I am sorry to say, sadly lacking.

대화할 사람이 없고, 허전한 기분이 들며 나를 위한 시간을 갖는 게 이기적으로 느껴지고

Not having someone else to talk to, feeling inadequate, feeling selfish for wanting me-time.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 허전하다 in Korean?

허전하다 (to feel empty) is 허전해요 in the polite 해요체, 허전합니다 in formal 합니다체, 허전해 in casual 반말 and 허전하다 in the plain written style. The past is 허전했어요.

What is the past tense of 허전하다?

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

Is 허전하다 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 허전하여 and 허전하니 but unchanged in 허전합니다.

What TOPIK level is 허전하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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