흥미롭다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be interesting

Every form of 흥미롭다 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
흥미로운
아/어Infinitive
흥미로워
-으니Since
흥미로우니
합니다Formal
흥미롭습니다

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 흥미로워요흥미롭습니다흥미로워흥미롭다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흥미로웠어요흥미로웠습니다흥미로웠어흥미로웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흥미롭겠어요흥미롭겠습니다흥미롭겠어흥미롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흥미로울 거예요흥미로울 것입니다흥미로울 거야흥미로울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥미로워요?흥미롭습니까?흥미로워?흥미로우니?
과거Past 흥미로웠어요?흥미로웠습니까?흥미로웠어?흥미로웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 흥미로워요안 흥미롭습니다안 흥미로워안 흥미롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 흥미롭지 않아요흥미롭지 않습니다흥미롭지 않아흥미롭지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥미로우세요흥미로우십니다흥미로우셔흥미로우시다
과거Past 흥미로우셨어요흥미로우셨습니다흥미로우셨어흥미로우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
흥미로운
과거Past
흥미로운
미래Future
흥미로울
회상Used to
흥미롭던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
흥미롭고
-게-ly / so that
흥미롭게
-어서so / and then
흥미로워서
-으니까since
흥미로우니까
-으면if / when
흥미로우면
-지만but
흥미롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흥미로운데
-어도even if
흥미로워도

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.

어제 흥미로운 이야기를 읽었어요.

Yesterday I read an interesting story.

그 자체로도 흥미롭지만

That's exciting in itself.

매우 흥미로운 발견이죠.

This is an exciting discovery.

흥미로운 관계가 있지요.

This has intriguing implications.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 흥미롭다 in Korean?

흥미롭다 (to be interesting) is 흥미로워요 in the polite 해요체, 흥미롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 흥미로워 in casual 반말 and 흥미롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 흥미로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 흥미롭다?

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

Is 흥미롭다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 흥미롭다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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