못생기다

Korean

Etymology

From 못 (mot, “not, bad”) and 생기다 (saenggida, “to appear in a certain way”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[ˈmo̞ːt̚s͈e̞ŋɡida̠]
Phonetic Hangul[몯:쌩기다]

Revised Romanization^?	motsaenggida
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mossaenggida
McCune–Reischauer^?	mossaenggida
Yale Romanization^?	mōsqsayngkita

Verb

못생기다 • (motsaenggida) (infinitive 못생겨 or 못생기어, sequential 못생기니)

to be or become ugly, unattractive

Usage notes

Always used in past tense, meaning “to be ugly”. It has been reclassified as a verb in 2017 by the National Institute of Korean Language.^[1]^[2]

Conjugation

Selected forms of the verb 못생기다 (motsaenggida)

Stems
Stem 1	못생기 (motsaenggi)
Stem 2	못생겨 (motsaenggyeo)
Stem 2a	못생기어 (motsaenggieo)
Stem 3	못생기 (motsaenggi)
Conjugation type	Vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	못생긴다 motsaengginda	못생겨 motsaenggyeo	못생겨요, 못생기어요 motsaenggyeoyo, motsaenggieoyo	못생깁니다 motsaenggimnida
Indicative	Past	못생겼다 motsaenggyeotda	못생겼어 motsaenggyeosseo	못생겼어요 motsaenggyeosseoyo	못생겼습니다 motsaenggyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	못생기느냐 motsaenggineunya	못생겨 motsaenggyeo	못생겨요, 못생기어요 motsaenggyeoyo, motsaenggieoyo	못생깁니까 motsaenggimnikka
Interrogative	Past	못생겼느냐 motsaenggyeonneunya	못생겼어 motsaenggyeosseo	못생겼어요 motsaenggyeosseoyo	못생겼습니까 motsaenggyeotseumnikka
Hortative		못생기자 motsaenggija	못생겨 motsaenggyeo	못생겨요, 못생기어요 motsaenggyeoyo, motsaenggieoyo	못생깁시다 motsaenggipsida
Imperative		못생겨라, 못생기어라 motsaenggyeora, motsaenggieora	못생겨 motsaenggyeo	못생겨요, 못생기어요 motsaenggyeoyo, motsaenggieoyo	못생깁시오 motsaenggipsio
Assertive		못생기겠다 motsaenggigetda	못생기겠어 motsaenggigesseo	못생기겠어요 motsaenggigesseoyo	못생기겠습니다 motsaenggigetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		못생겨 motsaenggyeo	못생겨서, 못생기어서 motsaenggyeoseo, motsaenggieoseo	못생기니 motsaenggini	못생기니까 motsaengginikka
Contrast		못생기지만 motsaenggijiman	못생기는데 motsaenggineunde	못생기더니 motsaenggideoni
Conjunction		못생기고 motsaenggigo
Condition		못생기면 motsaenggimyeon	못생겨야, 못생기어야 motsaenggyeoya, motsaenggieoya
Motive		못생기려고 motsaenggiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		못생김 motsaenggim	못생기기 motsaenggigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		못생겼음, 못생기었음 motsaenggyeosseum, motsaenggieosseum	못생겼기, 못생기었기 motsaenggyeotgi, motsaenggieotgi
Determiners	Past	못생긴 motsaenggin
	Present	못생기는 motsaenggineun
	Future	못생길 motsaenggil

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	못생기신다 motsaenggisinda	못생기셔 motsaenggisyeo	못생기세요, 못생기셔요 motsaenggiseyo, motsaenggisyeoyo	못생기십니다 motsaenggisimnida
Indicative	Past	못생기셨다 motsaenggisyeotda	못생기셨어 motsaenggisyeosseo	못생기셨어요 motsaenggisyeosseoyo	못생기셨습니다 motsaenggisyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	못생기시느냐 motsaenggisineunya	못생기셔 motsaenggisyeo	못생기세요, 못생기셔요 motsaenggiseyo, motsaenggisyeoyo	못생기십니까 motsaenggisimnikka
Interrogative	Past	못생기셨느냐 motsaenggisyeonneunya	못생기셨어 motsaenggisyeosseo	못생기셨어요 motsaenggisyeosseoyo	못생기셨습니까 motsaenggisyeotseumnikka
Imperative		못생기시라 motsaenggisira	못생기셔 motsaenggisyeo	못생기세요 motsaenggiseyo	못생기십시오 motsaenggisipsio
Assertive		못생기시겠다 motsaenggisigetda	못생기시겠어 motsaenggisigesseo	못생기시겠어요 motsaenggisigesseoyo	못생기시겠습니다 motsaenggisigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		못생기셔 motsaenggisyeo	못생기셔서 motsaenggisyeoseo	못생기시니 motsaenggisini	못생기시니까 motsaenggisinikka
Contrast		못생기시지만 motsaenggisijiman	못생기시는데 motsaenggisineunde	못생기시더니 motsaenggisideoni
Conjunction		못생기시고 motsaenggisigo
Condition		못생기시면 motsaenggisimyeon	못생기셔야 motsaenggisyeoya
Motive		못생기시려고 motsaenggisiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		못생기심 motsaenggisim	못생기시기 motsaenggisigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		못생기셨음 motsaenggisyeosseum	못생기셨기 motsaenggisyeotgi
Determiners	Past	못생기신 motsaenggisin
	Present	못생기시는 motsaenggisineun
	Future	못생기실 motsaenggisil

Antonyms

잘생기다 (jalsaenggida, “to be handsome”)

References

↑ 국립국어원이 형용사 ‘잘생기다’를 동사로 바꾼 이유, 한국일보, 2017-12-06
↑ '잘생기다'는 형용사 아닌 동사…국어원이 야기한 품사 논란, 연합뉴스, 2017-12-17

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[1] 국립국어원이 형용사 ‘잘생기다’를 동사로 바꾼 이유, 한국일보, 2017-12-06

[2] '잘생기다'는 형용사 아닌 동사…국어원이 야기한 품사 논란, 연합뉴스, 2017-12-17