못생기다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be ugly
Every form of 못생기다 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
- 못생긴
- 아/어Infinitive
- 못생겨
- -으니Since
- 못생기니
- 합니다Formal
- 못생깁니다
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 | 못생겨요 | 못생깁니다 | 못생겨 | 못생기다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 못생겼어요 | 못생겼습니다 | 못생겼어 | 못생겼다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 못생기겠어요 | 못생기겠습니다 | 못생기겠어 | 못생기겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 못생길 거예요 | 못생길 것입니다 | 못생길 거야 | 못생길 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 못생겨요? | 못생깁니까? | 못생겨? | 못생기니? |
| 과거Past | 못생겼어요? | 못생겼습니까? | 못생겼어? | 못생겼니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 못생겨요 | 안 못생깁니다 | 안 못생겨 | 안 못생기다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 못생기지 않아요 | 못생기지 않습니다 | 못생기지 않아 | 못생기지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 못생기세요 | 못생기십니다 | 못생기셔 | 못생기시다 |
| 과거Past | 못생기셨어요 | 못생기셨습니다 | 못생기셨어 | 못생기셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 못생긴
- 과거Past
- 못생긴
- 미래Future
- 못생길
- 회상Used to
- 못생기던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 못생기고
- -게-ly / so that
- 못생기게
- -어서so / and then
- 못생겨서
- -으니까since
- 못생기니까
- -으면if / when
- 못생기면
- -지만but
- 못생기지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 못생긴데
- -어도even if
- 못생겨도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 못생기다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
얼굴도 못생긴 게 / 왜 태어났니?
Your face is so ugly / Why were you born? (parody lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You")
정말 세상에서 제일 못생긴 사람들이었어요.
They were the ugliest looking men you can ever see.
걱정하진 마세요. 생각보다 훨씬 더 못생겼습니다.
Yeah, don't worry, it looks way worse than it feels.
공감만 놓고 본다면 못생긴 기타의 것들은 지옥에나 가야죠.
As far as empathy is concerned, ugly outsiders can go to hell.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 못생기다 in Korean?
못생기다 (to be ugly) is 못생겨요 in the polite 해요체, 못생깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 못생겨 in casual 반말 and 못생기다 in the plain written style. The past is 못생겼어요.
What is the past tense of 못생기다?
못생겼어요 in everyday polite speech, 못생겼습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 못생겨 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 못생기다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 못생깁니다, 못생겨, 못생기니 all keep 못생기 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 못생기다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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