허탈하다

to be dispirited

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
허탈한
아/어Infinitive
허탈해
-으니Since
허탈하니
합니다Formal
허탈합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허탈해요허탈합니다허탈해허탈하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허탈했어요허탈했습니다허탈했어허탈했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 허탈하겠어요허탈하겠습니다허탈하겠어허탈하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 허탈할 거예요허탈할 것입니다허탈할 거야허탈할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허탈해요?허탈합니까?허탈해?허탈하니?
과거Past 허탈했어요?허탈했습니까?허탈했어?허탈했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 허탈해요안 허탈합니다안 허탈해안 허탈하다
-지 않다Not (long) 허탈하지 않아요허탈하지 않습니다허탈하지 않아허탈하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허탈하세요허탈하십니다허탈하셔허탈하시다
과거Past 허탈하셨어요허탈하셨습니다허탈하셨어허탈하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
허탈한
과거Past
허탈한
미래Future
허탈할
회상Used to
허탈하던

Joining clauses

-고and
허탈하고
-게-ly / so that
허탈하게
-어서so / and then
허탈해서
-으니까since
허탈하니까
-으면if / when
허탈하면
-지만but
허탈하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
허탈한데
-어도even if
허탈해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아, 너무 허탈해

I feel so dejected.

약간 허탈할 것 같아요

I think I'll feel dejected.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 허탈하다 in Korean?

허탈하다 (to be dispirited) is 허탈해요 in the polite 해요체, 허탈합니다 in formal 합니다체, 허탈해 in casual 반말 and 허탈하다 in the plain written style. The past is 허탈했어요.

What is the past tense of 허탈하다?

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

Is 허탈하다 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 허탈하여 and 허탈하니 but unchanged in 허탈합니다.

What TOPIK level is 허탈하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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