딱하다 Korean adjective conjugation
pitiful
Every form of 딱하다 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
- 딱한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 딱해
- -으니Since
- 딱하니
- 합니다Formal
- 딱합니다
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 | 딱해요 | 딱합니다 | 딱해 | 딱하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 딱했어요 | 딱했습니다 | 딱했어 | 딱했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 딱하겠어요 | 딱하겠습니다 | 딱하겠어 | 딱하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 딱할 거예요 | 딱할 것입니다 | 딱할 거야 | 딱할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 딱해요? | 딱합니까? | 딱해? | 딱하니? |
| 과거Past | 딱했어요? | 딱했습니까? | 딱했어? | 딱했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 딱해요 | 안 딱합니다 | 안 딱해 | 안 딱하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 딱하지 않아요 | 딱하지 않습니다 | 딱하지 않아 | 딱하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 딱하세요 | 딱하십니다 | 딱하셔 | 딱하시다 |
| 과거Past | 딱하셨어요 | 딱하셨습니다 | 딱하셨어 | 딱하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 딱한
- 과거Past
- 딱한
- 미래Future
- 딱할
- 회상Used to
- 딱하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 딱하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 딱하게
- -어서so / and then
- 딱해서
- -으니까since
- 딱하니까
- -으면if / when
- 딱하면
- -지만but
- 딱하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 딱한데
- -어도even if
- 딱해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 딱하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
사실 기뻤다기 보단 참 딱했어요.
OK, excited is the wrong word, I actually felt terrible for them.
여러분은 딱하게도 조정당한 제 여동생이 그 작은 뇌로
Of course, this option was open to her brain at no point in the past.
상당히 딱한 일입니다.
Well, pretty bad.
물론, 제게도 개인적으로는 딱한 일이죠.
And, of course, bad for me personally.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 딱하다 in Korean?
딱하다 (pitiful) is 딱해요 in the polite 해요체, 딱합니다 in formal 합니다체, 딱해 in casual 반말 and 딱하다 in the plain written style. The past is 딱했어요.
What is the past tense of 딱하다?
딱했어요 in everyday polite speech, 딱했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 딱하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 딱하다 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 딱하여 and 딱하니 but unchanged in 딱합니다.
What TOPIK level is 딱하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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