가느다랗다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be very thin, slender

Every form of 가느다랗다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
가느다란
아/어Infinitive
가느다래
-으니Since
가느다라니
합니다Formal
가느다랗습니다

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 가느다래요가느다랗습니다가느다래가느다랗다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 가느다랬어요가느다랬습니다가느다랬어가느다랬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가느다랗겠어요가느다랗겠습니다가느다랗겠어가느다랗겠다
-을 것이다Going to 가느다랄 거예요가느다랄 것입니다가느다랄 거야가느다랄 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가느다래요?가느다랗습니까?가느다래?가느다라니?
과거Past 가느다랬어요?가느다랬습니까?가느다랬어?가느다랬니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가느다래요안 가느다랗습니다안 가느다래안 가느다랗다
-지 않다Not (long) 가느다랗지 않아요가느다랗지 않습니다가느다랗지 않아가느다랗지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가느다라세요가느다라십니다가느다라셔가느다라시다
과거Past 가느다라셨어요가느다라셨습니다가느다라셨어가느다라셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가느다란
과거Past
가느다란
미래Future
가느다랄
회상Used to
가느다랗던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가느다랗고
-게-ly / so that
가느다랗게
-어서so / and then
가느다래서
-으니까since
가느다라니까
-으면if / when
가느다라면
-지만but
가느다랗지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가느다란데
-어도even if
가느다래도

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.

지평선 위로 가느다란 노란 줄이 드러났습니다.

I could see this thin little yellow line across the horizon.

쉽게 말하자면 길고 가느다란 탄소 관입니다.

It's essentially is a long thin pipe of carbon.

그 여자는 신문지를 말아 길고 가느다란 봉을 만들었다.

She rolled the newspaper into a long, thin rod.

바람도 매섭게 불었습니다. 반대편으로 가는 유일한 방법은 눈 앞의 이 가느다란 선을 놓치지 않는 것이었어요.

The wind was massively blowing, and the only way I could get to the other side was to look at the line straight in front of me.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가느다랗다 in Korean?

가느다랗다 (to be very thin, slender) is 가느다래요 in the polite 해요체, 가느다랗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 가느다래 in casual 반말 and 가느다랗다 in the plain written style. The past is 가느다랬어요.

What is the past tense of 가느다랗다?

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

Is 가느다랗다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 가느다래 and 가느다라니 but unchanged in 가느다랗습니다.

What TOPIK level is 가느다랗다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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