Verbseoul.
ㅂ irregular (adj)
안타깝다antakkapdaunfortunate, poor, pitiable, regrettable

To say unfortunate, poor, pitiable, regrettable politely in the present tense, use 안타까워요 (ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 안타깝다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
안타까워
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh
안타까워요
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-yoh
안타깝습니다
ahn-tah-ggahp-sseum-nee-dah
Past
안타까웠어
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-ssuh
안타까웠어요
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-ssuh-yoh
안타까웠습니다
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-sseum-nee-dah
Future
안타까울 거야
ahn-tah-ggah-ool- -guh-yah
안타까울 거예요
ahn-tah-ggah-ool- -guh-yae-yoh
안타까울 겁니다
ahn-tah-ggah-ool- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
안타까우세요
ahn-tah-ggah-oo-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
안타까워요
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-yoh
Question Polite (요)
안타까워요?
ahn-tah-ggah-wuh-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
안타깝고
ahn-tah-ggahp-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
안타까우면
ahn-tah-ggah-oo-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
안타까움
ahn-tah-ggah-oom