가냘프다 Korean adjective conjugation

skinny and frail like a skinny girl

Every form of 가냘프다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
가냘픈
아/어Infinitive
가냘파
-으니Since
가냘프니
합니다Formal
가냘픕니다

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 가냘파요가냘픕니다가냘파가냘프다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 가냘팠어요가냘팠습니다가냘팠어가냘팠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가냘프겠어요가냘프겠습니다가냘프겠어가냘프겠다
-을 것이다Going to 가냘플 거예요가냘플 것입니다가냘플 거야가냘플 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가냘파요?가냘픕니까?가냘파?가냘프니?
과거Past 가냘팠어요?가냘팠습니까?가냘팠어?가냘팠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가냘파요안 가냘픕니다안 가냘파안 가냘프다
-지 않다Not (long) 가냘프지 않아요가냘프지 않습니다가냘프지 않아가냘프지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가냘프세요가냘프십니다가냘프셔가냘프시다
과거Past 가냘프셨어요가냘프셨습니다가냘프셨어가냘프셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가냘픈
과거Past
가냘픈
미래Future
가냘플
회상Used to
가냘프던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가냘프고
-게-ly / so that
가냘프게
-어서so / and then
가냘파서
-으니까since
가냘프니까
-으면if / when
가냘프면
-지만but
가냘프지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가냘픈데
-어도even if
가냘파도

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.

가냘픈 사랑에 너무 심하군

Too great oppression for a tender thing.

너는 목이 매우 가냘프다.

YOU HAVE A VERY SLENDER NECK.

선생님은 장애인이고 난 가냘프잖아요

You mean just me, and I don't have a jackhammer.

어리고 가냘픈 목숨이 아깝게 갔구나.

A young and weak life unfortunately left us.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가냘프다 in Korean?

가냘프다 (skinny and frail like a skinny girl) is 가냘파요 in the polite 해요체, 가냘픕니다 in formal 합니다체, 가냘파 in casual 반말 and 가냘프다 in the plain written style. The past is 가냘팠어요.

What is the past tense of 가냘프다?

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

Is 가냘프다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 가냘파 and 가냘프니 but unchanged in 가냘픕니다.

What TOPIK level is 가냘프다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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