딱하다

pitiful

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
딱한
아/어Infinitive
딱해
-으니Since
딱하니
합니다Formal
딱합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 딱해요딱합니다딱해딱하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 딱했어요딱했습니다딱했어딱했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 딱하겠어요딱하겠습니다딱하겠어딱하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 딱할 거예요딱할 것입니다딱할 거야딱할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 딱해요?딱합니까?딱해?딱하니?
과거Past 딱했어요?딱했습니까?딱했어?딱했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 딱해요안 딱합니다안 딱해안 딱하다
-지 않다Not (long) 딱하지 않아요딱하지 않습니다딱하지 않아딱하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 딱하세요딱하십니다딱하셔딱하시다
과거Past 딱하셨어요딱하셨습니다딱하셨어딱하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
딱한
과거Past
딱한
미래Future
딱할
회상Used to
딱하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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