드물다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be rare

Every form of 드물다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
드문
아/어Infinitive
드물어
-으니Since
드무니
합니다Formal
드뭅니다

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 드물어요드뭅니다드물어드물다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 드물었어요드물었습니다드물었어드물었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 드물겠어요드물겠습니다드물겠어드물겠다
-을 것이다Going to 드물 거예요드물 것입니다드물 거야드물 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드물어요?드뭅니까?드물어?드무니?
과거Past 드물었어요?드물었습니까?드물었어?드물었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 드물어요안 드뭅니다안 드물어안 드물다
-지 않다Not (long) 드물지 않아요드물지 않습니다드물지 않아드물지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드무세요드무십니다드무셔드무시다
과거Past 드무셨어요드무셨습니다드무셨어드무셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
드문
과거Past
드문
미래Future
드물
회상Used to
드물던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
드물고
-게-ly / so that
드물게
-어서so / and then
드물어서
-으니까since
드무니까
-으면if / when
드물면
-지만but
드물지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
드문데
-어도even if
드물어도

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.

이런 일이 드문게 아닙니다.

This isn't an outlier.

사실 그리 드문 일도 아니거든요.

And the truth is, it really doesn't take much.

레고 그룹은 보기 드문 국제 회사가 되었습니다.

The LEGO Group has become an extraordinary global company.

제가 겪은 일은 드문 것이 아니고

My story is not unusual.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 드물다 in Korean?

드물다 (to be rare) is 드물어요 in the polite 해요체, 드뭅니다 in formal 합니다체, 드물어 in casual 반말 and 드물다 in the plain written style. The past is 드물었어요.

What is the past tense of 드물다?

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

Is 드물다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 드물어 and 드무니 but unchanged in 드뭅니다.

What TOPIK level is 드물다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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