dachin gangajiga bulssanghapnida.

다친 comes from the verb 다치다, which means to get hurt, to be injured, or to be wounded.

In this sentence, 다친 is the form used before a noun, so it means:

• hurt
• injured
• wounded

So:

• 다친 강아지 = an injured puppy

This is a very common pattern in Korean:

• 먹다 → 먹은 음식 = food that was eaten
• 오다 → 온 사람 = the person who came
• 다치다 → 다친 강아지 = the puppy that got hurt

Because Korean verbs change form when they directly describe a noun.

The dictionary form 다치다 cannot go straight in front of 강아지. To modify a noun, you need the noun-modifying form.

For 다치다, that form is 다친.

So:

• 다치다 = to get hurt
• 다친 강아지 = injured puppy

You can think of it like this:

• English: the puppy that got hurt
• Korean: 다친 강아지

It has a past/completed feeling, but it is better to think of it as a past adnominal form rather than a normal standalone past-tense sentence ending.

It describes the noun as having undergone the action already:

• 다친 강아지 = the puppy that got hurt / the injured puppy

So yes, the injury happened before the moment of speaking, but the whole sentence is not simply “past tense” in the English sense.

The full sentence:

• 다친 강아지가 불쌍합니다.

means the puppy is currently pitiable, and the reason is that it got hurt.

불쌍합니다 is the polite formal form of 불쌍하다.

It means something like:

• is pitiful
• is pitiable
• I feel sorry for it
• poor thing

In natural English, this sentence is often understood as:

• I feel sorry for the injured puppy.
• The injured puppy is so pitiful.

A key point: Korean often describes the thing itself as 불쌍하다, while English often translates that as someone feels sorry for it.

In Korean, the person having the feeling is often left unstated if it is obvious from context.

So in:

• 다친 강아지가 불쌍합니다.

the implied meaning is usually:

• I think the injured puppy is pitiful
• I feel sorry for the injured puppy

Korean frequently omits subjects like I, you, or we when they are understood.

So even though I is not written, it is usually implied.

가 is the subject marker.

So:

• 강아지가 = the puppy (as the subject)

The sentence structure is:

• 다친 강아지 = injured puppy
• 다친 강아지가 = the injured puppy + subject marker
• 불쌍합니다 = is pitiful / I feel sorry for it

So the sentence literally looks like:

• As for the injured puppy, it is pitiable

More naturally:

• I feel sorry for the injured puppy.

Both can be possible, but they give slightly different nuances.

• 다친 강아지가 불쌍합니다.

  • focuses on the injured puppy as the thing that is pitiful
  • sounds like identifying or pointing out that puppy

• 다친 강아지는 불쌍합니다.

  • can sound more like as for injured puppies, they are pitiful
  • or the injured puppy, though, is pitiful
  • adds more topic/contrast flavor

In many situations, 가 feels natural here because the speaker is reacting to a specific puppy.

Literally, 강아지 often means puppy, but in everyday Korean it is also commonly used affectionately for a dog, especially a small or cute one.

Compare:

• 강아지 = puppy / doggy / cute dog
• 개 = dog

개 is the basic word for dog, but 강아지 sounds softer and cuter. In a sentence like this, 강아지 gives a warm, affectionate feeling.

So depending on context, this sentence could be understood as:

• The injured puppy is pitiful
• I feel sorry for the hurt doggy

In Korean, so-called descriptive verbs (often called adjectives in English-language Korean learning) still conjugate like verbs.

So 불쌍하다 behaves grammatically like a verb when it takes endings.

That is why you get:

• dictionary form: 불쌍하다
• polite formal: 불쌍합니다
• polite casual: 불쌍해요
• casual: 불쌍해

So even though it translates like an adjective in English, it still takes Korean sentence endings just like other predicates.

It means that the puppy is pitiable, which in natural English usually becomes the speaker feels sorry for the puppy.

So it does not mean:

• the puppy feels sorry

To say the puppy feels sorry, you would need a completely different expression, because 불쌍하다 describes someone or something as pitiful, not as the one experiencing pity.

So:

• 다친 강아지가 불쌍합니다 = The injured puppy is pitiful / I feel sorry for the injured puppy

불쌍합니다 is polite and formal.

It is appropriate in:

• presentations
• careful speech
• polite comments
• writing or narration with a formal tone

In everyday conversation, people are more likely to say:

• 다친 강아지가 불쌍해요. = polite everyday speech
• 다친 강아지가 불쌍해. = casual speech

So the meaning stays the same, but the level of politeness changes.

Sometimes 불쌍하다 can sound a little strong, depending on context.

It often expresses genuine sympathy, especially for:

• injured animals
• people in difficult situations
• sad circumstances

But when used about a person directly, it can sometimes sound like:

• poor thing
• what a pathetic situation

So tone matters.

With an injured puppy, though, it sounds very natural and compassionate.

Yes, that is a good literal translation.

Word-for-word:

• 다친 = injured
• 강아지가 = puppy + subject marker
• 불쌍합니다 = is pitiful

So:

• The injured puppy is pitiful

But in more natural English, many people would say:

• I feel sorry for the injured puppy.

Both are good translations. The second one often sounds more natural in English, even though the Korean structure is closer to the first.