더디다

to be slow

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
더딘
아/어Infinitive
더뎌
-으니Since
더디니
합니다Formal
더딥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 더뎌요더딥니다더뎌더디다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 더뎠어요더뎠습니다더뎠어더뎠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 더디겠어요더디겠습니다더디겠어더디겠다
-을 것이다Going to 더딜 거예요더딜 것입니다더딜 거야더딜 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 더뎌요?더딥니까?더뎌?더디니?
과거Past 더뎠어요?더뎠습니까?더뎠어?더뎠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 더뎌요안 더딥니다안 더뎌안 더디다
-지 않다Not (long) 더디지 않아요더디지 않습니다더디지 않아더디지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 더디세요더디십니다더디셔더디시다
과거Past 더디셨어요더디셨습니다더디셨어더디셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
더딘
과거Past
더딘
미래Future
더딜
회상Used to
더디던

Joining clauses

-고and
더디고
-게-ly / so that
더디게
-어서so / and then
더뎌서
-으니까since
더디니까
-으면if / when
더디면
-지만but
더디지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
더딘데
-어도even if
더뎌도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우리 건설 분야의 변화는 분명 더디다고 할 수 있습니다.

In our world of construction, the changes seem positively glacial.

청각상실과 이것의 치료는 지난 200년 동안 더디게 발전 되어 왔습니다.

Now hearing loss and the treatment for hearing loss has really evolved in the past 200 years.

왜 우리는 진보를 이뤄내는데 이렇게 더딜까요?

Why are we so slow at achieving these advances?

천천히, 체계적으로 더디게 오지

It's slow. It's methodical. It's exhausting.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 더디다 in Korean?

더디다 (to be slow) is 더뎌요 in the polite 해요체, 더딥니다 in formal 합니다체, 더뎌 in casual 반말 and 더디다 in the plain written style. The past is 더뎠어요.

What is the past tense of 더디다?

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

Is 더디다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 더딥니다, 더뎌, 더디니 all keep 더디 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 더디다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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