소용없다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be useless

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 소용없다 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
소용없는
아/어Infinitive
소용없어
-으니Since
소용없으니
합니다Formal
소용없습니다

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 소용없어요소용없습니다소용없어소용없다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 소용없었어요소용없었습니다소용없었어소용없었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 소용없겠어요소용없겠습니다소용없겠어소용없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 소용없을 거예요소용없을 것입니다소용없을 거야소용없을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소용없어요?소용없습니까?소용없어?소용없으니?
과거Past 소용없었어요?소용없었습니까?소용없었어?소용없었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 소용없어요안 소용없습니다안 소용없어안 소용없다
-지 않다Not (long) 소용없지 않아요소용없지 않습니다소용없지 않아소용없지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소용없으세요소용없으십니다소용없으셔소용없으시다
과거Past 소용없으셨어요소용없으셨습니다소용없으셨어소용없으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
소용없는
과거Past
소용없은
미래Future
소용없을
회상Used to
소용없던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
소용없고
-게-ly / so that
소용없게
-어서so / and then
소용없어서
-으니까since
소용없으니까
-으면if / when
소용없으면
-지만but
소용없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
소용없는데
-어도even if
소용없어도

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.

하지만 연애를 못 해보았기에 소용없다는 것을 깨달았습니다.

But he knew it wouldn’t work, he’d never get the girl.

아이에게 이치를 말해도 소용없다

It is no use reasoning with a child.

우리의 노력이 소용없었다고 생각할 이유가 없습니다.

It's not a reason for us to think that our efforts are of no consequence.

걘 네 살이야 변명해도 소용없어

She's four. There's no excuse.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 소용없다 in Korean?

소용없다 (to be useless) is 소용없어요 in the polite 해요체, 소용없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 소용없어 in casual 반말 and 소용없다 in the plain written style. The past is 소용없었어요.

What is the past tense of 소용없다?

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

Is 소용없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 소용없습니다, 소용없어, 소용없으니 all keep 소용없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 소용없다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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