쓸쓸하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be lonely

Every form of 쓸쓸하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
쓸쓸한
아/어Infinitive
쓸쓸해
-으니Since
쓸쓸하니
합니다Formal
쓸쓸합니다

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 쓸쓸해요쓸쓸합니다쓸쓸해쓸쓸하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쓸쓸했어요쓸쓸했습니다쓸쓸했어쓸쓸했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쓸쓸하겠어요쓸쓸하겠습니다쓸쓸하겠어쓸쓸하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쓸쓸할 거예요쓸쓸할 것입니다쓸쓸할 거야쓸쓸할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쓸쓸해요?쓸쓸합니까?쓸쓸해?쓸쓸하니?
과거Past 쓸쓸했어요?쓸쓸했습니까?쓸쓸했어?쓸쓸했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 쓸쓸해요안 쓸쓸합니다안 쓸쓸해안 쓸쓸하다
-지 않다Not (long) 쓸쓸하지 않아요쓸쓸하지 않습니다쓸쓸하지 않아쓸쓸하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쓸쓸하세요쓸쓸하십니다쓸쓸하셔쓸쓸하시다
과거Past 쓸쓸하셨어요쓸쓸하셨습니다쓸쓸하셨어쓸쓸하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
쓸쓸한
과거Past
쓸쓸한
미래Future
쓸쓸할
회상Used to
쓸쓸하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
쓸쓸하고
-게-ly / so that
쓸쓸하게
-어서so / and then
쓸쓸해서
-으니까since
쓸쓸하니까
-으면if / when
쓸쓸하면
-지만but
쓸쓸하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쓸쓸한데
-어도even if
쓸쓸해도

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.

쓸쓸해지지 않아요?

Aren't you lonely?

축제 후엔 항상 쓸쓸하지.

It's always lonely after the festival.

그녀가 얼마나 천당에서 쓸쓸하겠어요

I don't want her be alone in the heaven.

이 빌어먹게 쓸쓸한 당신 타디스를 타고 다신 돌아오지 마!

Your lonely bloody TARDIS and you don't come back!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쓸쓸하다 in Korean?

쓸쓸하다 (to be lonely) is 쓸쓸해요 in the polite 해요체, 쓸쓸합니다 in formal 합니다체, 쓸쓸해 in casual 반말 and 쓸쓸하다 in the plain written style. The past is 쓸쓸했어요.

What is the past tense of 쓸쓸하다?

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

Is 쓸쓸하다 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 쓸쓸하여 and 쓸쓸하니 but unchanged in 쓸쓸합니다.

What TOPIK level is 쓸쓸하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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