특수하다 Korean adjective conjugation

special, exceptional

Every form of 특수하다 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
특수한
아/어Infinitive
특수해
-으니Since
특수하니
합니다Formal
특수합니다

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 특수해요특수합니다특수해특수하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 특수했어요특수했습니다특수했어특수했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 특수하겠어요특수하겠습니다특수하겠어특수하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 특수할 거예요특수할 것입니다특수할 거야특수할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 특수해요?특수합니까?특수해?특수하니?
과거Past 특수했어요?특수했습니까?특수했어?특수했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 특수해요안 특수합니다안 특수해안 특수하다
-지 않다Not (long) 특수하지 않아요특수하지 않습니다특수하지 않아특수하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 특수하세요특수하십니다특수하셔특수하시다
과거Past 특수하셨어요특수하셨습니다특수하셨어특수하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
특수한
과거Past
특수한
미래Future
특수할
회상Used to
특수하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
특수하고
-게-ly / so that
특수하게
-어서so / and then
특수해서
-으니까since
특수하니까
-으면if / when
특수하면
-지만but
특수하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
특수한데
-어도even if
특수해도

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.

각자가 특수한 능력을 가진다.

They each have a special power.

그가 특수한 법원에 있었기 때문이죠.

And that's because he was in a special court.

자, 여기 난독증을 가진 사람들의 뇌가 작용하는 특수한 방식이 있습니다.

So, here's the special way the brains of those with dyslexia work.

조앤은 특수한 경우였어

Well,Joan was a special case.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 특수하다 in Korean?

특수하다 (special, exceptional) is 특수해요 in the polite 해요체, 특수합니다 in formal 합니다체, 특수해 in casual 반말 and 특수하다 in the plain written style. The past is 특수했어요.

What is the past tense of 특수하다?

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

Is 특수하다 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 특수하여 and 특수하니 but unchanged in 특수합니다.

What TOPIK level is 특수하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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