집요하다 Korean adjective conjugation
tenacious
Every form of 집요하다 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
- 집요한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 집요해
- -으니Since
- 집요하니
- 합니다Formal
- 집요합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 집요해요 | 집요합니다 | 집요해 | 집요하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 집요했어요 | 집요했습니다 | 집요했어 | 집요했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 집요하겠어요 | 집요하겠습니다 | 집요하겠어 | 집요하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 집요할 거예요 | 집요할 것입니다 | 집요할 거야 | 집요할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 집요해요? | 집요합니까? | 집요해? | 집요하니? |
| 과거Past | 집요했어요? | 집요했습니까? | 집요했어? | 집요했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 집요해요 | 안 집요합니다 | 안 집요해 | 안 집요하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 집요하지 않아요 | 집요하지 않습니다 | 집요하지 않아 | 집요하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 집요하세요 | 집요하십니다 | 집요하셔 | 집요하시다 |
| 과거Past | 집요하셨어요 | 집요하셨습니다 | 집요하셨어 | 집요하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 집요한
- 과거Past
- 집요한
- 미래Future
- 집요할
- 회상Used to
- 집요하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 집요하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 집요하게
- -어서so / and then
- 집요해서
- -으니까since
- 집요하니까
- -으면if / when
- 집요하면
- -지만but
- 집요하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 집요한데
- -어도even if
- 집요해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 집요하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
여기에 세 번째 교훈이 있습니다. 교훈 3: 집요함
And here comes lesson number three: persistence.
그의 동료들은 증상과 이의 원인에 대해 토론할 때 갈렌은 해부학을 집요하게 파고들었죠.
While his peers debated symptoms and their origins, Galen obsessively studied anatomy.
로스 폴닥은 집요하구만.
Ross Poldark is tenacious.
저는 집요하게 셰이의 스쿨 버스를 뒤쫓았습니다.
I obsessively followed Shea's school bus routes.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 집요하다 in Korean?
집요하다 (tenacious) is 집요해요 in the polite 해요체, 집요합니다 in formal 합니다체, 집요해 in casual 반말 and 집요하다 in the plain written style. The past is 집요했어요.
What is the past tense of 집요하다?
집요했어요 in everyday polite speech, 집요했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 집요하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 집요하다 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 집요하여 and 집요하니 but unchanged in 집요합니다.
What TOPIK level is 집요하다?
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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