별나다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be peculiar

TOPIK 5 5급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 별나다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
별난
아/어Infinitive
별나
-으니Since
별나니
합니다Formal
별납니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 별나요별납니다별나별나다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 별났어요별났습니다별났어별났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 별나겠어요별나겠습니다별나겠어별나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 별날 거예요별날 것입니다별날 거야별날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 별나요?별납니까?별나?별나니?
과거Past 별났어요?별났습니까?별났어?별났니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 별나요안 별납니다안 별나안 별나다
-지 않다Not (long) 별나지 않아요별나지 않습니다별나지 않아별나지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 별나세요별나십니다별나셔별나시다
과거Past 별나셨어요별나셨습니다별나셨어별나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
별난
과거Past
별난
미래Future
별날
회상Used to
별나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
별나고
-게-ly / so that
별나게
-어서so / and then
별나서
-으니까since
별나니까
-으면if / when
별나면
-지만but
별나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
별난데
-어도even if
별나도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

언어에는 각종 구조적 별난 점이 있습니다.

Languages have all kinds of structural quirks.

그 자체가 새롭거나, 색다르거나, 또 별나다고 생각하지 않았거든요.

It never occurred to me that that was new, different or weird.

꼭 그렇게 별나게 굴어야 돼?

Must you always be so headstrong? No.

별난 이름 때문에 애도 많이 먹었어요

Imagine me trying to explain that name.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 별나다 in Korean?

별나다 (to be peculiar) is 별나요 in the polite 해요체, 별납니다 in formal 합니다체, 별나 in casual 반말 and 별나다 in the plain written style. The past is 별났어요.

What is the past tense of 별나다?

별났어요 in everyday polite speech, 별났습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 별나 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 별나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 별납니다, 별나, 별나니 all keep 별나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 별나다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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