가파르다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be steep (of a road, path, or slope)

Every form of 가파르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
가파른
아/어Infinitive
가팔라
-으니Since
가파르니
합니다Formal
가파릅니다

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 가팔라요가파릅니다가팔라가파르다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 가팔랐어요가팔랐습니다가팔랐어가팔랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가파르겠어요가파르겠습니다가파르겠어가파르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 가파를 거예요가파를 것입니다가파를 거야가파를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가팔라요?가파릅니까?가팔라?가파르니?
과거Past 가팔랐어요?가팔랐습니까?가팔랐어?가팔랐니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가팔라요안 가파릅니다안 가팔라안 가파르다
-지 않다Not (long) 가파르지 않아요가파르지 않습니다가파르지 않아가파르지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가파르세요가파르십니다가파르셔가파르시다
과거Past 가파르셨어요가파르셨습니다가파르셨어가파르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가파른
과거Past
가파른
미래Future
가파를
회상Used to
가파르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가파르고
-게-ly / so that
가파르게
-어서so / and then
가팔라서
-으니까since
가파르니까
-으면if / when
가파르면
-지만but
가파르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가파른데
-어도even if
가팔라도

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.

태양 발전의 곡선은 더 가파르고 급격합니다.

The exponential curve on solar is even steeper and more dramatic.

왜냐하면 이것은 단순히 가파른 언덕이 아니라

Because this is not about the steep hill in front of her.

호랑이 해에는 중국의 많은 지역에서 출산률이 가파르게 하락했습니다.

Many Chinese regions saw a sharp decline of birthrate during those years.

더 가파르고 좁게 생겼겠죠

It's going to be narrower and steeper.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가파르다 in Korean?

가파르다 (to be steep (of a road, path, or slope)) is 가팔라요 in the polite 해요체, 가파릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 가팔라 in casual 반말 and 가파르다 in the plain written style. The past is 가팔랐어요.

What is the past tense of 가파르다?

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

Is 가파르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 가팔라 and 가파르니 but unchanged in 가파릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 가파르다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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