고급스럽다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be luxurious

Every form of 고급스럽다 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
고급스러운
아/어Infinitive
고급스러워
-으니Since
고급스러우니
합니다Formal
고급스럽습니다

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 고급스러워요고급스럽습니다고급스러워고급스럽다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 고급스러웠어요고급스러웠습니다고급스러웠어고급스러웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 고급스럽겠어요고급스럽겠습니다고급스럽겠어고급스럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 고급스러울 거예요고급스러울 것입니다고급스러울 거야고급스러울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고급스러워요?고급스럽습니까?고급스러워?고급스러우니?
과거Past 고급스러웠어요?고급스러웠습니까?고급스러웠어?고급스러웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 고급스러워요안 고급스럽습니다안 고급스러워안 고급스럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 고급스럽지 않아요고급스럽지 않습니다고급스럽지 않아고급스럽지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고급스러우세요고급스러우십니다고급스러우셔고급스러우시다
과거Past 고급스러우셨어요고급스러우셨습니다고급스러우셨어고급스러우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
고급스러운
과거Past
고급스러운
미래Future
고급스러울
회상Used to
고급스럽던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
고급스럽고
-게-ly / so that
고급스럽게
-어서so / and then
고급스러워서
-으니까since
고급스러우니까
-으면if / when
고급스러우면
-지만but
고급스럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
고급스러운데
-어도even if
고급스러워도

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.

굉장히 고급스러운 말처럼 보이겠지만 여러 단항식들이 서로 모여 있는 것을 의미합니다

It might sound like a really fancy word, but really all it is is an expression that has a bunch of variable or constant terms in them that are raised to non-zero exponents.

하지만 패션의 고급스러움이란 사이즈에서 시작되고 끝나지 않습니다.

But the conversation around exclusivity in fashion doesn't begin and end with size.

그 가정들을 지칭하는 고급스러운 말입니다

We will start with these assumptions, and then we're just going to build up from there.

근방에선 제일 고급스럽지

In the West End, just a touch of class.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 고급스럽다 in Korean?

고급스럽다 (to be luxurious) is 고급스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 고급스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 고급스러워 in casual 반말 and 고급스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 고급스러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 고급스럽다?

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

Is 고급스럽다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 고급스러워 and 고급스러우니 but unchanged in 고급스럽습니다.

What TOPIK level is 고급스럽다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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