각별하다

to be special, unique

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
각별한
아/어Infinitive
각별해
-으니Since
각별하니
합니다Formal
각별합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 각별해요각별합니다각별해각별하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 각별했어요각별했습니다각별했어각별했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 각별하겠어요각별하겠습니다각별하겠어각별하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 각별할 거예요각별할 것입니다각별할 거야각별할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 각별해요?각별합니까?각별해?각별하니?
과거Past 각별했어요?각별했습니까?각별했어?각별했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 각별해요안 각별합니다안 각별해안 각별하다
-지 않다Not (long) 각별하지 않아요각별하지 않습니다각별하지 않아각별하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 각별하세요각별하십니다각별하셔각별하시다
과거Past 각별하셨어요각별하셨습니다각별하셨어각별하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
각별한
과거Past
각별한
미래Future
각별할
회상Used to
각별하던

Joining clauses

-고and
각별하고
-게-ly / so that
각별하게
-어서so / and then
각별해서
-으니까since
각별하니까
-으면if / when
각별하면
-지만but
각별하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
각별한데
-어도even if
각별해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

인종 차별에 각별한 신경을 쓴다면 기업도 마찬가지일 것입니다.

That can happen if business gets single-minded about racism.

뭔가 각별한 의미가 있을 거예요

It must have special meaning.

저 빨간 꽃처럼 각별한 주의와 관심을 끌고 싶을 거예요

They want to draw a special attention and interest like the red tulip flower

가령, 한 엄마와 딸이 매우 각별했는데 딸이 사자의 공격에 죽고 말았고

For example, this mother-daughter pair were very close, and then the daughter was killed by a lion.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 각별하다 in Korean?

각별하다 (to be special, unique) is 각별해요 in the polite 해요체, 각별합니다 in formal 합니다체, 각별해 in casual 반말 and 각별하다 in the plain written style. The past is 각별했어요.

What is the past tense of 각별하다?

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

Is 각별하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 각별하여 and 각별하니 but unchanged in 각별합니다.

What TOPIK level is 각별하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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