괄목하다 Korean verb conjugation

to be remarkable

Every form of 괄목하다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
괄목하는
아/어Infinitive
괄목하
-으니Since
괄목하니
합니다Formal
괄목합니다

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 괄목하요괄목합니다괄목하괄목한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 괄목핬어요괄목핬습니다괄목핬어괄목핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 괄목하겠어요괄목하겠습니다괄목하겠어괄목하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 괄목할 거예요괄목할 것입니다괄목할 거야괄목할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괄목하요?괄목합니까?괄목하?괄목하니?
과거Past 괄목핬어요?괄목핬습니까?괄목핬어?괄목핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 괄목하세요괄목하십시오괄목하괄목하라
청유Let's 괄목하요괄목합시다괄목하괄목하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 괄목하요안 괄목합니다안 괄목하안 괄목한다
-지 않다Not (long) 괄목하지 않아요괄목하지 않습니다괄목하지 않아괄목하지 않는다
Cannot 못 괄목하요못 괄목합니다못 괄목하못 괄목한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괄목하세요괄목하십니다괄목하셔괄목하신다
과거Past 괄목하셨어요괄목하셨습니다괄목하셨어괄목하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
괄목하는
과거Past
괄목한
미래Future
괄목할
회상Used to
괄목하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
괄목하고
-게-ly / so that
괄목하게
-어서so / and then
괄목하서
-으니까since
괄목하니까
-으면if / when
괄목하면
-지만but
괄목하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
괄목하는데
-어도even if
괄목하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 괄목하고 있어요괄목하고 있습니다괄목하고 있어괄목하고 있다
과거Was doing 괄목하고 있었어요괄목하고 있었습니다괄목하고 있었어괄목하고 있었다

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.

지난 몇 년간 괄목할 만한 성장을 이뤘습니다.

And the growth has been significant in the last few years.

우리는 리더십에서 괄목할만한 성과를 내지 못했습니다.

We have failed to achieve leadership in significant numbers.

그건 인간 노력의 괄목할 만한 숫자이지요.

That's an amazing amount of human endeavor.

코끼리는 대륙동물중 가장 큰 두뇌뿐만이 아니라, 괄목할만한 대뇌화 지수를 자랑합니다.

The elephant boasts the largest brain of any land mammal, as well as an impressive encephalization quotient.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 괄목하다 in Korean?

괄목하다 (to be remarkable) is 괄목하요 in the polite 해요체, 괄목합니다 in formal 합니다체, 괄목하 in casual 반말 and 괄목한다 in the plain written style. The past is 괄목핬어요.

What is the past tense of 괄목하다?

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

Is 괄목하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 괄목합니다, 괄목하, 괄목하니 all keep 괄목하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 괄목하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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