특이하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be unusual

Every form of 특이하다 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
특이한
아/어Infinitive
특이해
-으니Since
특이하니
합니다Formal
특이합니다

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 특이해요특이합니다특이해특이하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 특이했어요특이했습니다특이했어특이했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 특이하겠어요특이하겠습니다특이하겠어특이하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 특이할 거예요특이할 것입니다특이할 거야특이할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 특이해요?특이합니까?특이해?특이하니?
과거Past 특이했어요?특이했습니까?특이했어?특이했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 특이해요안 특이합니다안 특이해안 특이하다
-지 않다Not (long) 특이하지 않아요특이하지 않습니다특이하지 않아특이하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 특이하세요특이하십니다특이하셔특이하시다
과거Past 특이하셨어요특이하셨습니다특이하셨어특이하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
특이한
과거Past
특이한
미래Future
특이할
회상Used to
특이하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
특이하고
-게-ly / so that
특이하게
-어서so / and then
특이해서
-으니까since
특이하니까
-으면if / when
특이하면
-지만but
특이하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
특이한데
-어도even if
특이해도

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.

이는 특이한 경우가 아닙니다.

It's not an isolated case, as we've been told.

그렇게 특이한 여러분이 어때요?

How about that idiosyncratic you?

그러다가 조금 특이한 일이 일어났죠.

And then this bizarre thing happened.

HS: 정말 그렇군요. GG: 특이하네요.

She really is. GG: That's really bizarre.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 특이하다 in Korean?

특이하다 (to be unusual) is 특이해요 in the polite 해요체, 특이합니다 in formal 합니다체, 특이해 in casual 반말 and 특이하다 in the plain written style. The past is 특이했어요.

What is the past tense of 특이하다?

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

Is 특이하다 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 특이하여 and 특이하니 but unchanged in 특이합니다.

What TOPIK level is 특이하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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