만족스럽다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be satisfactory

Every form of 만족스럽다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
만족스러운
아/어Infinitive
만족스러워
-으니Since
만족스러우니
합니다Formal
만족스럽습니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 만족스러워요만족스럽습니다만족스러워만족스럽다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 만족스러웠어요만족스러웠습니다만족스러웠어만족스러웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 만족스럽겠어요만족스럽겠습니다만족스럽겠어만족스럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 만족스러울 거예요만족스러울 것입니다만족스러울 거야만족스러울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만족스러워요?만족스럽습니까?만족스러워?만족스러우니?
과거Past 만족스러웠어요?만족스러웠습니까?만족스러웠어?만족스러웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 만족스러워요안 만족스럽습니다안 만족스러워안 만족스럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 만족스럽지 않아요만족스럽지 않습니다만족스럽지 않아만족스럽지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만족스러우세요만족스러우십니다만족스러우셔만족스러우시다
과거Past 만족스러우셨어요만족스러우셨습니다만족스러우셨어만족스러우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
만족스러운
과거Past
만족스러운
미래Future
만족스러울
회상Used to
만족스럽던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
만족스럽고
-게-ly / so that
만족스럽게
-어서so / and then
만족스러워서
-으니까since
만족스러우니까
-으면if / when
만족스러우면
-지만but
만족스럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
만족스러운데
-어도even if
만족스러워도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

난 여기 꽤 만족스러워.

I'm quite happy here.

누구에게나 말입니다. 만족스럽습니다.

Everybody goes, I'm happy.

그 대답은 전혀 만족스럽지 않았습니다.

That answer just wasn't satisfying at all.

예! 저는 지금 이것이 매우 만족스럽습니다.

Yeah, I'm quite pleased with it.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 만족스럽다 in Korean?

만족스럽다 (to be satisfactory) is 만족스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 만족스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 만족스러워 in casual 반말 and 만족스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 만족스러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 만족스럽다?

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

Is 만족스럽다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 만족스러워 and 만족스러우니 but unchanged in 만족스럽습니다.

What TOPIK level is 만족스럽다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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