서럽다

to be sorrowful

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
서러운
아/어Infinitive
서러워
-으니Since
서러우니
합니다Formal
서럽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서러워요서럽습니다서러워서럽다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서러웠어요서러웠습니다서러웠어서러웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 서럽겠어요서럽겠습니다서럽겠어서럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 서러울 거예요서러울 것입니다서러울 거야서러울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서러워요?서럽습니까?서러워?서러우니?
과거Past 서러웠어요?서러웠습니까?서러웠어?서러웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 서러워요안 서럽습니다안 서러워안 서럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 서럽지 않아요서럽지 않습니다서럽지 않아서럽지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서러우세요서러우십니다서러우셔서러우시다
과거Past 서러우셨어요서러우셨습니다서러우셨어서러우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
서러운
과거Past
서러운
미래Future
서러울
회상Used to
서럽던

Joining clauses

-고and
서럽고
-게-ly / so that
서럽게
-어서so / and then
서러워서
-으니까since
서러우니까
-으면if / when
서러우면
-지만but
서럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
서러운데
-어도even if
서러워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그녀는 너무 서러운 나머지 큰 소리로 흐느끼기 시작했다.

She was so saddened that she began to sob loudly.

객지에서 죽는 것이 가장 서럽다.

The saddest thing is to die somewhere far away from home.

샴푸질을 하다 보니 손에 흰머리가 술술 잡혔다. 초로가 실감 나 서러웠다.

When he was shampooing, white hair came out in clumps in his hand. He was melancholic; that he had entered old age felt real to him.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 서럽다 in Korean?

서럽다 (to be sorrowful) is 서러워요 in the polite 해요체, 서럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 서러워 in casual 반말 and 서럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 서러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 서럽다?

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

Is 서럽다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 서럽다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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