버겁다

to be too much to handle

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
버거운
아/어Infinitive
버거워
-으니Since
버거우니
합니다Formal
버겁습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 버거워요버겁습니다버거워버겁다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 버거웠어요버거웠습니다버거웠어버거웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 버겁겠어요버겁겠습니다버겁겠어버겁겠다
-을 것이다Going to 버거울 거예요버거울 것입니다버거울 거야버거울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 버거워요?버겁습니까?버거워?버거우니?
과거Past 버거웠어요?버거웠습니까?버거웠어?버거웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 버거워요안 버겁습니다안 버거워안 버겁다
-지 않다Not (long) 버겁지 않아요버겁지 않습니다버겁지 않아버겁지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 버거우세요버거우십니다버거우셔버거우시다
과거Past 버거우셨어요버거우셨습니다버거우셨어버거우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
버거운
과거Past
버거운
미래Future
버거울
회상Used to
버겁던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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