간지럽다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be ticklish, itchy
Every form of 간지럽다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 간지러운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 간지러워
- -으니Since
- 간지러우니
- 합니다Formal
- 간지럽습니다
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 | 간지러워요 | 간지럽습니다 | 간지러워 | 간지럽다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 간지러웠어요 | 간지러웠습니다 | 간지러웠어 | 간지러웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 간지럽겠어요 | 간지럽겠습니다 | 간지럽겠어 | 간지럽겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 간지러울 거예요 | 간지러울 것입니다 | 간지러울 거야 | 간지러울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 간지러워요? | 간지럽습니까? | 간지러워? | 간지러우니? |
| 과거Past | 간지러웠어요? | 간지러웠습니까? | 간지러웠어? | 간지러웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 간지러워요 | 안 간지럽습니다 | 안 간지러워 | 안 간지럽다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 간지럽지 않아요 | 간지럽지 않습니다 | 간지럽지 않아 | 간지럽지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 간지러우세요 | 간지러우십니다 | 간지러우셔 | 간지러우시다 |
| 과거Past | 간지러우셨어요 | 간지러우셨습니다 | 간지러우셨어 | 간지러우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 간지러운
- 과거Past
- 간지러운
- 미래Future
- 간지러울
- 회상Used to
- 간지럽던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 간지럽고
- -게-ly / so that
- 간지럽게
- -어서so / and then
- 간지러워서
- -으니까since
- 간지러우니까
- -으면if / when
- 간지러우면
- -지만but
- 간지럽지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 간지러운데
- -어도even if
- 간지러워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 간지럽다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
목이 간지럽기 시작해서 기침하기 시작합니다.
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough.
참고로 이것이 간지럽고 빨간 혹을 만듭니다.
This is what causes the itchy, red bumps, by the way.
그리고 내가 오늘 정말 간지러운 양말을 신었거든
Plus, I wore these really itchy socks today.
간지러운 곳을 시원하게 긁으려는 것뿐이야
It'd just be scratching the itch.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 간지럽다 in Korean?
간지럽다 (to be ticklish, itchy) is 간지러워요 in the polite 해요체, 간지럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 간지러워 in casual 반말 and 간지럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 간지러웠어요.
What is the past tense of 간지럽다?
간지러웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 간지러웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 간지러워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 간지럽다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 간지러워 and 간지러우니 but unchanged in 간지럽습니다.
What TOPIK level is 간지럽다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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