집요하다

tenacious

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
집요한
아/어Infinitive
집요해
-으니Since
집요하니
합니다Formal
집요합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 집요해요집요합니다집요해집요하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 집요했어요집요했습니다집요했어집요했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 집요하겠어요집요하겠습니다집요하겠어집요하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 집요할 거예요집요할 것입니다집요할 거야집요할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집요해요?집요합니까?집요해?집요하니?
과거Past 집요했어요?집요했습니까?집요했어?집요했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 집요해요안 집요합니다안 집요해안 집요하다
-지 않다Not (long) 집요하지 않아요집요하지 않습니다집요하지 않아집요하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 집요하세요집요하십니다집요하셔집요하시다
과거Past 집요하셨어요집요하셨습니다집요하셨어집요하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
집요한
과거Past
집요한
미래Future
집요할
회상Used to
집요하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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