죄송하다

to be sorry

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
죄송한
아/어Infinitive
죄송해
-으니Since
죄송하니
합니다Formal
죄송합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죄송해요죄송합니다죄송해죄송하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 죄송했어요죄송했습니다죄송했어죄송했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 죄송하겠어요죄송하겠습니다죄송하겠어죄송하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 죄송할 거예요죄송할 것입니다죄송할 거야죄송할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죄송해요?죄송합니까?죄송해?죄송하니?
과거Past 죄송했어요?죄송했습니까?죄송했어?죄송했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 죄송해요안 죄송합니다안 죄송해안 죄송하다
-지 않다Not (long) 죄송하지 않아요죄송하지 않습니다죄송하지 않아죄송하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 죄송하세요죄송하십니다죄송하셔죄송하시다
과거Past 죄송하셨어요죄송하셨습니다죄송하셨어죄송하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
죄송한
과거Past
죄송한
미래Future
죄송할
회상Used to
죄송하던

Joining clauses

-고and
죄송하고
-게-ly / so that
죄송하게
-어서so / and then
죄송해서
-으니까since
죄송하니까
-으면if / when
죄송하면
-지만but
죄송하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
죄송한데
-어도even if
죄송해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

죄송한데, 돈을 뽑아와도 괜찮을까요?

Excuse me, can I withdraw some money?

죄송하지만, 무엇을 해야 할 지 모르겠어요.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what to do.

말씀드리기 죄송하지만, 스위스의 브르노 조차도 노력하고 있습니다.

Even, I'm sorry to say, Bruno, Switzerland has got to work to do.

죄송해요 그건 안 돼요

I'm sorry, Lee. I can't do that.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 죄송하다 in Korean?

죄송하다 (to be sorry) is 죄송해요 in the polite 해요체, 죄송합니다 in formal 합니다체, 죄송해 in casual 반말 and 죄송하다 in the plain written style. The past is 죄송했어요.

What is the past tense of 죄송하다?

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

Is 죄송하다 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 죄송하여 and 죄송하니 but unchanged in 죄송합니다.

What TOPIK level is 죄송하다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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