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하다 verb (adj)

씁쓸하다 conjugation (sseupsseulhada, to be bitter, bitterish)

To say to be bitter, bitterish politely in the present tense, use 씁쓸해요 (sseup-sseul-hae-yoh) · sseupsseulhaeyo. Below is the full conjugation of 씁쓸하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Grammar note (하다 verb (adj)): 하다 adjectives use the same verb 하다 as a suffix to turn descriptive nouns into predicates (행복하다 = to be happy). They conjugate identically to 하다 verbs: the 하 contracts before -아/-어 suffixes to give 해. 행복해요, 행복했어요, 행복합니다. See all 하다 verbs →

Conjugation table

pron. = pronunciation guide  · RR = Revised Romanization

Highlighted = where the stem changes

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
씁쓸해
sseup-sseul-hae
sseupsseulhae
씁쓸해요
sseup-sseul-hae-yoh
sseupsseulhaeyo
씁쓸합니다
sseup-sseul-hahm-nee-dah
sseupsseulhamnida
Past
씁쓸했어
sseup-sseul-hae-ssuh
sseupsseulhaesseo
씁쓸했어요
sseup-sseul-hae-ssuh-yoh
sseupsseulhaesseoyo
씁쓸했습니다
sseup-sseul-hae-sseum-nee-dah
sseupsseulhaesseumnida
Future
씁쓸할 거야
sseup-sseul-hahl guh-yah
sseupsseulhal geoya
씁쓸할 거예요
sseup-sseul-hahl guh-yae-yoh
sseupsseulhal geoyeyo
씁쓸할 겁니다
sseup-sseul-hahl guhm-nee-dah
sseupsseulhal geomnida

Other useful forms

Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
씁쓸하세요
sseup-sseul-hah-sae-yoh
sseupsseulhaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
씁쓸해요
sseup-sseul-hae-yoh
sseupsseulhaeyo
Question Polite (요)
씁쓸해요?
sseup-sseul-hae-yoh-?
sseupsseulhaeyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
씁쓸하고
sseup-sseul-hah-goh
sseupsseulhago
Conditional "if" — (면)
씁쓸하면
sseup-sseul-hah-myuhn
sseupsseulhamyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
씁쓸하고 있어요
sseup-sseul-hah-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
sseupsseulhago isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
씁쓸하고 싶어요
sseup-sseul-hah-goh shee-puh-yoh
sseupsseulhago sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
씁쓸할 수 있어요
sseup-sseul-hahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
sseupsseulhal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
씁쓸해서
sseup-sseul-hae-suh
sseupsseulhaeseo
Noun form — (기)
씁쓸하기
sseup-sseul-hah-gee
sseupsseulhagi
Noun form — (음)
씁쓸함
sseup-sseul-hahm
sseupsseulham