허탈하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be dispirited
Every form of 허탈하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 허탈한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 허탈해
- -으니Since
- 허탈하니
- 합니다Formal
- 허탈합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 허탈해요 | 허탈합니다 | 허탈해 | 허탈하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 허탈했어요 | 허탈했습니다 | 허탈했어 | 허탈했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 허탈하겠어요 | 허탈하겠습니다 | 허탈하겠어 | 허탈하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 허탈할 거예요 | 허탈할 것입니다 | 허탈할 거야 | 허탈할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 허탈해요? | 허탈합니까? | 허탈해? | 허탈하니? |
| 과거Past | 허탈했어요? | 허탈했습니까? | 허탈했어? | 허탈했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 허탈해요 | 안 허탈합니다 | 안 허탈해 | 안 허탈하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 허탈하지 않아요 | 허탈하지 않습니다 | 허탈하지 않아 | 허탈하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 허탈하세요 | 허탈하십니다 | 허탈하셔 | 허탈하시다 |
| 과거Past | 허탈하셨어요 | 허탈하셨습니다 | 허탈하셨어 | 허탈하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 허탈한
- 과거Past
- 허탈한
- 미래Future
- 허탈할
- 회상Used to
- 허탈하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 허탈하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
아, 너무 허탈해
I feel so dejected.
약간 허탈할 것 같아요
I think I'll feel dejected.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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