맛없다 Korean adjective conjugation

not tasting good

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 맛없다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
맛없는
아/어Infinitive
맛없어
-으니Since
맛없으니
합니다Formal
맛없습니다

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 맛없어요맛없습니다맛없어맛없다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맛없었어요맛없었습니다맛없었어맛없었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맛없겠어요맛없겠습니다맛없겠어맛없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맛없을 거예요맛없을 것입니다맛없을 거야맛없을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맛없어요?맛없습니까?맛없어?맛없으니?
과거Past 맛없었어요?맛없었습니까?맛없었어?맛없었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 맛없어요안 맛없습니다안 맛없어안 맛없다
-지 않다Not (long) 맛없지 않아요맛없지 않습니다맛없지 않아맛없지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맛없으세요맛없으십니다맛없으셔맛없으시다
과거Past 맛없으셨어요맛없으셨습니다맛없으셨어맛없으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
맛없는
과거Past
맛없은
미래Future
맛없을
회상Used to
맛없던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
맛없고
-게-ly / so that
맛없게
-어서so / and then
맛없어서
-으니까since
맛없으니까
-으면if / when
맛없으면
-지만but
맛없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맛없는데
-어도even if
맛없어도

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.

약간 음식이 매우 맛없는 호텔에 있는 느낌이었습니다.

It was a bit like being in a hotel, but with very shitty food.

맛없는 음식 때문일까요?

Is it the crappy food?

로키 로드는 갖다 주지 마, 맛없어

You better not get me that rocky road. It sucks.

이 와인 분명 내가 골랐는데, 왜 이리 맛없지?

Oh, I chose this wine, but it's bloody awful!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 맛없다 in Korean?

맛없다 (not tasting good) is 맛없어요 in the polite 해요체, 맛없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 맛없어 in casual 반말 and 맛없다 in the plain written style. The past is 맛없었어요.

What is the past tense of 맛없다?

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

Is 맛없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맛없습니다, 맛없어, 맛없으니 all keep 맛없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맛없다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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