버겁다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be too much to handle
Every form of 버겁다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 버거운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 버거워
- -으니Since
- 버거우니
- 합니다Formal
- 버겁습니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 버거워요 | 버겁습니다 | 버거워 | 버겁다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 버거웠어요 | 버거웠습니다 | 버거웠어 | 버거웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 버겁겠어요 | 버겁겠습니다 | 버겁겠어 | 버겁겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 버거울 거예요 | 버거울 것입니다 | 버거울 거야 | 버거울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 버거워요? | 버겁습니까? | 버거워? | 버거우니? |
| 과거Past | 버거웠어요? | 버거웠습니까? | 버거웠어? | 버거웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 버거워요 | 안 버겁습니다 | 안 버거워 | 안 버겁다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 버겁지 않아요 | 버겁지 않습니다 | 버겁지 않아 | 버겁지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 버거우세요 | 버거우십니다 | 버거우셔 | 버거우시다 |
| 과거Past | 버거우셨어요 | 버거우셨습니다 | 버거우셨어 | 버거우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 버거운
- 과거Past
- 버거운
- 미래Future
- 버거울
- 회상Used to
- 버겁던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 버겁고
- -게-ly / so that
- 버겁게
- -어서so / and then
- 버거워서
- -으니까since
- 버거우니까
- -으면if / when
- 버거우면
- -지만but
- 버겁지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 버거운데
- -어도even if
- 버거워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 버겁다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
버겁기도 했지만, 결국 큰 보람이 있었죠.
And it was overwhelming, but it was also wonderful.
로버트는 학교, 직장, 그리고 친구들과 관계를 유지하는 것이 버거웠습니다.
Robert struggled to remain connected to the worlds of school and work and friends.
솔직히 이해하기엔 좀 버겁네요.
It's a bit much to get my head around, to be frank.
그녀는 그게 너무 버겁다고 말했죠
She says it would hurt too much.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 버겁다 in Korean?
버겁다 (to be too much to handle) is 버거워요 in the polite 해요체, 버겁습니다 in formal 합니다체, 버거워 in casual 반말 and 버겁다 in the plain written style. The past is 버거웠어요.
What is the past tense of 버겁다?
버거웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 버거웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 버거워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 버겁다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 버거워 and 버거우니 but unchanged in 버겁습니다.
What TOPIK level is 버겁다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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