커다랗다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be very big
Every form of 커다랗다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 커다란
- 아/어Infinitive
- 커다래
- -으니Since
- 커다라니
- 합니다Formal
- 커다랗습니다
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 | 커다래요 | 커다랗습니다 | 커다래 | 커다랗다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 커다랬어요 | 커다랬습니다 | 커다랬어 | 커다랬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 커다랗겠어요 | 커다랗겠습니다 | 커다랗겠어 | 커다랗겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 커다랄 거예요 | 커다랄 것입니다 | 커다랄 거야 | 커다랄 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 커다래요? | 커다랗습니까? | 커다래? | 커다라니? |
| 과거Past | 커다랬어요? | 커다랬습니까? | 커다랬어? | 커다랬니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 커다래요 | 안 커다랗습니다 | 안 커다래 | 안 커다랗다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 커다랗지 않아요 | 커다랗지 않습니다 | 커다랗지 않아 | 커다랗지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 커다라세요 | 커다라십니다 | 커다라셔 | 커다라시다 |
| 과거Past | 커다라셨어요 | 커다라셨습니다 | 커다라셨어 | 커다라셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 커다란
- 과거Past
- 커다란
- 미래Future
- 커다랄
- 회상Used to
- 커다랗던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 커다랗고
- -게-ly / so that
- 커다랗게
- -어서so / and then
- 커다래서
- -으니까since
- 커다라니까
- -으면if / when
- 커다라면
- -지만but
- 커다랗지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 커다란데
- -어도even if
- 커다래도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 커다랗다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그래서 제가 가졌던 느낌은 거기에 커다란 차이가 있다는 것이었어요.
And so the sense that I had was there was a giant gap here.
커다란 것을 작게 만들죠.
You took a big thing and you made it little.
Tim이 전에 얘기했듯이, 그건 커다란 차이가 있습니다.
As Tim talked about earlier, that's a huge distinction.
좀 더 커다란 그림을 그리고 있지.
He's looking at the big picture.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 커다랗다 in Korean?
커다랗다 (to be very big) is 커다래요 in the polite 해요체, 커다랗습니다 in formal 합니다체, 커다래 in casual 반말 and 커다랗다 in the plain written style. The past is 커다랬어요.
What is the past tense of 커다랗다?
커다랬어요 in everyday polite speech, 커다랬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 커다래 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 커다랗다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 커다래 and 커다라니 but unchanged in 커다랗습니다.
What TOPIK level is 커다랗다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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