고유하다 Korean adjective conjugation

unique, intrinsic, inherent (to)

Every form of 고유하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
고유한
아/어Infinitive
고유해
-으니Since
고유하니
합니다Formal
고유합니다

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 고유해요고유합니다고유해고유하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 고유했어요고유했습니다고유했어고유했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 고유하겠어요고유하겠습니다고유하겠어고유하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 고유할 거예요고유할 것입니다고유할 거야고유할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고유해요?고유합니까?고유해?고유하니?
과거Past 고유했어요?고유했습니까?고유했어?고유했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 고유해요안 고유합니다안 고유해안 고유하다
-지 않다Not (long) 고유하지 않아요고유하지 않습니다고유하지 않아고유하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 고유하세요고유하십니다고유하셔고유하시다
과거Past 고유하셨어요고유하셨습니다고유하셨어고유하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
고유한
과거Past
고유한
미래Future
고유할
회상Used to
고유하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
고유하고
-게-ly / so that
고유하게
-어서so / and then
고유해서
-으니까since
고유하니까
-으면if / when
고유하면
-지만but
고유하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
고유한데
-어도even if
고유해도

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.

아시아에 고유한 종류의 새

a species of bird peculiar to Asia

그래서 저는 35개의 무리, 부족들과 고유한 문화를 골랐습니다.

So, I chose about 35 different groups, tribes, indigenous cultures.

신체 활동에는 고유한 감정같은 의미가 없습니다.

Physical movements have no intrinsic emotional meaning.

인간의 고유한 특성입니다.

It's a unique human feature.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 고유하다 in Korean?

고유하다 (unique, intrinsic, inherent (to)) is 고유해요 in the polite 해요체, 고유합니다 in formal 합니다체, 고유해 in casual 반말 and 고유하다 in the plain written style. The past is 고유했어요.

What is the past tense of 고유하다?

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

Is 고유하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 고유하여 and 고유하니 but unchanged in 고유합니다.

What TOPIK level is 고유하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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