못나다

Korean

Etymology

못 (mot, “poorly”) +‎ 나다 (nada)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)nna̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [몬(ː)나다]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	monnada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mosnada
McCune–Reischauer?	monnada
Yale Romanization?	mōsnata

Adjective

못나다 • (monnada) (infinitive 못나, sequential 못나니)

1. (to be) ugly, bad-looking

   Antonym: 잘나다 (jallada)

2. (to be) stupid, dumb

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 못나다 (monnada): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	못나다 monnada	못나 monna	못나요 monnayo	못납니다 monnamnida
	Past	못났다 monnatda	못났어 monnasseo	못났어요 monnasseoyo	못났습니다 monnatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	못나냐 monnanya	못나 monna	못나요 monnayo	못납니까 monnamnikka
	Past	못났냐 monnannya	못났어 monnasseo	못났어요 monnasseoyo	못났습니까 monnatseumnikka
Assertive		못나겠다 monnagetda	못나겠어 monnagesseo	못나겠어요 monnagesseoyo	못나겠습니다 monnagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		못나 monna	못나서 monnaseo	못나니 monnani	못나니까 monnanikka
Contrast		못나지만 monnajiman	못난데 monnande	못나더니 monnadeoni
Conjunction		못나고 monnago
Condition		못나면 monnamyeon	못나야 monnaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		못남 monnam	못나기 monnagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		못났음 monnasseum	못났기 monnatgi
Determiners	Present		못난 monnan
	Future		못날 monnal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	못나시다 monnasida	못나셔 monnasyeo	못나세요, 못나셔요 monnaseyo, monnasyeoyo	못나십니다 monnasimnida
	Past	못나셨다 monnasyeotda	못나셨어 monnasyeosseo	못나셨어요 monnasyeosseoyo	못나셨습니다 monnasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	못나시냐 monnasinya	못나셔 monnasyeo	못나세요, 못나셔요 monnaseyo, monnasyeoyo	못나십니까 monnasimnikka
	Past	못나셨냐 monnasyeonnya	못나셨어 monnasyeosseo	못나셨어요 monnasyeosseoyo	못나셨습니까 monnasyeotseumnikka
Assertive		못나시겠다 monnasigetda	못나시겠어 monnasigesseo	못나시겠어요 monnasigesseoyo	못나시겠습니다 monnasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		못나셔 monnasyeo	못나셔서 monnasyeoseo	못나시니 monnasini	못나시니까 monnasinikka
Contrast		못나시지만 monnasijiman	못나신데 monnasinde	못나시더니 monnasideoni
Conjunction		못나시고 monnasigo
Condition		못나시면 monnasimyeon	못나셔야 monnasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		못나심 monnasim	못나시기 monnasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		못나셨음 monnasyeosseum	못나셨기 monnasyeotgi
Determiners	Present		못나신 monnasin
	Future		못나실 monnasil