신기하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be mysterious, to be wondrous

Every form of 신기하다 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
신기한
아/어Infinitive
신기해
-으니Since
신기하니
합니다Formal
신기합니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 신기해요신기합니다신기해신기하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 신기했어요신기했습니다신기했어신기했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 신기하겠어요신기하겠습니다신기하겠어신기하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 신기할 거예요신기할 것입니다신기할 거야신기할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 신기해요?신기합니까?신기해?신기하니?
과거Past 신기했어요?신기했습니까?신기했어?신기했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 신기해요안 신기합니다안 신기해안 신기하다
-지 않다Not (long) 신기하지 않아요신기하지 않습니다신기하지 않아신기하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 신기하세요신기하십니다신기하셔신기하시다
과거Past 신기하셨어요신기하셨습니다신기하셨어신기하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
신기한
과거Past
신기한
미래Future
신기할
회상Used to
신기하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
신기하고
-게-ly / so that
신기하게
-어서so / and then
신기해서
-으니까since
신기하니까
-으면if / when
신기하면
-지만but
신기하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
신기한데
-어도even if
신기해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

여기서 상황은 더욱 신기해집니다.

This is where things get even more interesting.

사실 보면 정말 신기해요

This is really crazy to see, actually.

역시 딸이군 너무 신기하네

I knew it was gonna be a girl. I can't believe it.

오래 같이 있는 것도 신기해

I just can't get used to this.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 신기하다 in Korean?

신기하다 (to be mysterious, to be wondrous) is 신기해요 in the polite 해요체, 신기합니다 in formal 합니다체, 신기해 in casual 반말 and 신기하다 in the plain written style. The past is 신기했어요.

What is the past tense of 신기하다?

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

Is 신기하다 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 신기하여 and 신기하니 but unchanged in 신기합니다.

What TOPIK level is 신기하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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