각별하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be special, unique
Every form of 각별하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 각별한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 각별해
- -으니Since
- 각별하니
- 합니다Formal
- 각별합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 각별해요 | 각별합니다 | 각별해 | 각별하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 각별했어요 | 각별했습니다 | 각별했어 | 각별했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 각별하겠어요 | 각별하겠습니다 | 각별하겠어 | 각별하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 각별할 거예요 | 각별할 것입니다 | 각별할 거야 | 각별할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 각별해요? | 각별합니까? | 각별해? | 각별하니? |
| 과거Past | 각별했어요? | 각별했습니까? | 각별했어? | 각별했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 각별해요 | 안 각별합니다 | 안 각별해 | 안 각별하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 각별하지 않아요 | 각별하지 않습니다 | 각별하지 않아 | 각별하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 각별하세요 | 각별하십니다 | 각별하셔 | 각별하시다 |
| 과거Past | 각별하셨어요 | 각별하셨습니다 | 각별하셨어 | 각별하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 각별한
- 과거Past
- 각별한
- 미래Future
- 각별할
- 회상Used to
- 각별하던
연결Joining 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
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 각별하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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