눈물겹다 Korean adjective conjugation
tearful, touching, pathetic
Every form of 눈물겹다 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
- 눈물겨운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 눈물겨워
- -으니Since
- 눈물겨우니
- 합니다Formal
- 눈물겹습니다
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 | 눈물겨워요 | 눈물겹습니다 | 눈물겨워 | 눈물겹다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 눈물겨웠어요 | 눈물겨웠습니다 | 눈물겨웠어 | 눈물겨웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 눈물겹겠어요 | 눈물겹겠습니다 | 눈물겹겠어 | 눈물겹겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 눈물겨울 거예요 | 눈물겨울 것입니다 | 눈물겨울 거야 | 눈물겨울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 눈물겨워요? | 눈물겹습니까? | 눈물겨워? | 눈물겨우니? |
| 과거Past | 눈물겨웠어요? | 눈물겨웠습니까? | 눈물겨웠어? | 눈물겨웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 눈물겨워요 | 안 눈물겹습니다 | 안 눈물겨워 | 안 눈물겹다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 눈물겹지 않아요 | 눈물겹지 않습니다 | 눈물겹지 않아 | 눈물겹지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 눈물겨우세요 | 눈물겨우십니다 | 눈물겨우셔 | 눈물겨우시다 |
| 과거Past | 눈물겨우셨어요 | 눈물겨우셨습니다 | 눈물겨우셨어 | 눈물겨우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 눈물겨운
- 과거Past
- 눈물겨운
- 미래Future
- 눈물겨울
- 회상Used to
- 눈물겹던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 눈물겹고
- -게-ly / so that
- 눈물겹게
- -어서so / and then
- 눈물겨워서
- -으니까since
- 눈물겨우니까
- -으면if / when
- 눈물겨우면
- -지만but
- 눈물겹지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 눈물겨운데
- -어도even if
- 눈물겨워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 눈물겹다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
모두에게 눈물겨운 작별이 되겠네
I can tell that this is going to be a tearful goodbye for everyone.
스코티 피펜이 눈물겨운 감사 인사를 전합니다
Scottie Pippen with a tearful thank you.
눈물겨워 못 보겠네
What a pathetic picture.
아이, 눈물겹다
Man, this is all so touching.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 눈물겹다 in Korean?
눈물겹다 (tearful, touching, pathetic) is 눈물겨워요 in the polite 해요체, 눈물겹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 눈물겨워 in casual 반말 and 눈물겹다 in the plain written style. The past is 눈물겨웠어요.
What is the past tense of 눈물겹다?
눈물겨웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 눈물겨웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 눈물겨워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 눈물겹다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 눈물겨워 and 눈물겨우니 but unchanged in 눈물겹습니다.
What TOPIK level is 눈물겹다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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