뛰어나다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be outstanding

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뛰어나다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
뛰어난
아/어Infinitive
뛰어나
-으니Since
뛰어나니
합니다Formal
뛰어납니다

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 뛰어나요뛰어납니다뛰어나뛰어나다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뛰어났어요뛰어났습니다뛰어났어뛰어났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뛰어나겠어요뛰어나겠습니다뛰어나겠어뛰어나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뛰어날 거예요뛰어날 것입니다뛰어날 거야뛰어날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뛰어나요?뛰어납니까?뛰어나?뛰어나니?
과거Past 뛰어났어요?뛰어났습니까?뛰어났어?뛰어났니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뛰어나요안 뛰어납니다안 뛰어나안 뛰어나다
-지 않다Not (long) 뛰어나지 않아요뛰어나지 않습니다뛰어나지 않아뛰어나지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뛰어나세요뛰어나십니다뛰어나셔뛰어나시다
과거Past 뛰어나셨어요뛰어나셨습니다뛰어나셨어뛰어나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뛰어난
과거Past
뛰어난
미래Future
뛰어날
회상Used to
뛰어나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뛰어나고
-게-ly / so that
뛰어나게
-어서so / and then
뛰어나서
-으니까since
뛰어나니까
-으면if / when
뛰어나면
-지만but
뛰어나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뛰어난데
-어도even if
뛰어나도

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.

이것은 정말 뛰어난 일이었죠.

This was an exceptional work that was done.

저는 교실에서 정말 뛰어났습니다.

As a matter of fact, I excelled in the classroom.

가끔식은, 그런 질문들은 뛰어납니다.

Sometimes, those questions are smart.

슈타지의 어떤점이 그렇게 뛰어났던 걸까요?

But what was so exceptional about the Stasi?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뛰어나다 in Korean?

뛰어나다 (to be outstanding) is 뛰어나요 in the polite 해요체, 뛰어납니다 in formal 합니다체, 뛰어나 in casual 반말 and 뛰어나다 in the plain written style. The past is 뛰어났어요.

What is the past tense of 뛰어나다?

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

Is 뛰어나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뛰어납니다, 뛰어나, 뛰어나니 all keep 뛰어나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뛰어나다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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