민망하다

embarrassing

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
민망한
아/어Infinitive
민망해
-으니Since
민망하니
합니다Formal
민망합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 민망해요민망합니다민망해민망하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 민망했어요민망했습니다민망했어민망했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 민망하겠어요민망하겠습니다민망하겠어민망하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 민망할 거예요민망할 것입니다민망할 거야민망할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 민망해요?민망합니까?민망해?민망하니?
과거Past 민망했어요?민망했습니까?민망했어?민망했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 민망해요안 민망합니다안 민망해안 민망하다
-지 않다Not (long) 민망하지 않아요민망하지 않습니다민망하지 않아민망하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 민망하세요민망하십니다민망하셔민망하시다
과거Past 민망하셨어요민망하셨습니다민망하셨어민망하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
민망한
과거Past
민망한
미래Future
민망할
회상Used to
민망하던

Joining clauses

-고and
민망하고
-게-ly / so that
민망하게
-어서so / and then
민망해서
-으니까since
민망하니까
-으면if / when
민망하면
-지만but
민망하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
민망한데
-어도even if
민망해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이거 말하기 좀 민망한데 듣고 싶지도 않아

Okay, um, Pepper, this is a little embarrassing.

좀 민망하네

You're embarrassing me.

조금 민망하지만 2005년 제 자신의 모습은

And I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit, that that's where I found myself in 2005.

민망하게 쓴 거 없나 봐야겠군요

I want to see if I should be embarrassed.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 민망하다 in Korean?

민망하다 (embarrassing) is 민망해요 in the polite 해요체, 민망합니다 in formal 합니다체, 민망해 in casual 반말 and 민망하다 in the plain written style. The past is 민망했어요.

What is the past tense of 민망하다?

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

Is 민망하다 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 민망하여 and 민망하니 but unchanged in 민망합니다.

What TOPIK level is 민망하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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