놀랍다

to be surprising

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
놀라운
아/어Infinitive
놀라워
-으니Since
놀라우니
합니다Formal
놀랍습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 놀라워요놀랍습니다놀라워놀랍다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 놀라웠어요놀라웠습니다놀라웠어놀라웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 놀랍겠어요놀랍겠습니다놀랍겠어놀랍겠다
-을 것이다Going to 놀라울 거예요놀라울 것입니다놀라울 거야놀라울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놀라워요?놀랍습니까?놀라워?놀라우니?
과거Past 놀라웠어요?놀라웠습니까?놀라웠어?놀라웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 놀라워요안 놀랍습니다안 놀라워안 놀랍다
-지 않다Not (long) 놀랍지 않아요놀랍지 않습니다놀랍지 않아놀랍지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놀라우세요놀라우십니다놀라우셔놀라우시다
과거Past 놀라우셨어요놀라우셨습니다놀라우셨어놀라우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
놀라운
과거Past
놀라운
미래Future
놀라울
회상Used to
놀랍던

Joining clauses

-고and
놀랍고
-게-ly / so that
놀랍게
-어서so / and then
놀라워서
-으니까since
놀라우니까
-으면if / when
놀라우면
-지만but
놀랍지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
놀라운데
-어도even if
놀라워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 이점이 놀라웠습니다.

I find that astounding.

정말 놀라움 그 자체였어요.

This was my wow moment.

자유롭고 힘을 주며 놀랍죠.

It's liberating. It's empowering. It's wonderful.

놀랍지 않나요? 생각해보세요.

This is incredible. Think about that.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 놀랍다 in Korean?

놀랍다 (to be surprising) is 놀라워요 in the polite 해요체, 놀랍습니다 in formal 합니다체, 놀라워 in casual 반말 and 놀랍다 in the plain written style. The past is 놀라웠어요.

What is the past tense of 놀랍다?

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

Is 놀랍다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 놀랍다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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