까다롭다

particular, fussy, picky

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
까다로운
아/어Infinitive
까다로워
-으니Since
까다로우니
합니다Formal
까다롭습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 까다로워요까다롭습니다까다로워까다롭다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 까다로웠어요까다로웠습니다까다로웠어까다로웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 까다롭겠어요까다롭겠습니다까다롭겠어까다롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 까다로울 거예요까다로울 것입니다까다로울 거야까다로울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 까다로워요?까다롭습니까?까다로워?까다로우니?
과거Past 까다로웠어요?까다로웠습니까?까다로웠어?까다로웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 까다로워요안 까다롭습니다안 까다로워안 까다롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 까다롭지 않아요까다롭지 않습니다까다롭지 않아까다롭지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 까다로우세요까다로우십니다까다로우셔까다로우시다
과거Past 까다로우셨어요까다로우셨습니다까다로우셨어까다로우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
까다로운
과거Past
까다로운
미래Future
까다로울
회상Used to
까다롭던

Joining clauses

-고and
까다롭고
-게-ly / so that
까다롭게
-어서so / and then
까다로워서
-으니까since
까다로우니까
-으면if / when
까다로우면
-지만but
까다롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
까다로운데
-어도even if
까다로워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그녀는 옷에 대해 아주 까다로워요.

She is very picky about clothes.

하지만 동기라는 게 까다롭죠.

But motivation is a tricky thing.

여기서부터 문제는 까다로워집니다.

That's where it gets tricky.

하지만 이 과정은 정말 까다롭습니다.

But this is where it gets tricky.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 까다롭다 in Korean?

까다롭다 (particular, fussy, picky) is 까다로워요 in the polite 해요체, 까다롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 까다로워 in casual 반말 and 까다롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 까다로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 까다롭다?

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

Is 까다롭다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 까다롭다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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