유별나다 Korean adjective conjugation

odd, eccentric, peculiar, bizarre

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 유별나다 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
유별난
아/어Infinitive
유별나
-으니Since
유별나니
합니다Formal
유별납니다

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 유별나요유별납니다유별나유별나다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 유별났어요유별났습니다유별났어유별났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 유별나겠어요유별나겠습니다유별나겠어유별나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 유별날 거예요유별날 것입니다유별날 거야유별날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유별나요?유별납니까?유별나?유별나니?
과거Past 유별났어요?유별났습니까?유별났어?유별났니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 유별나요안 유별납니다안 유별나안 유별나다
-지 않다Not (long) 유별나지 않아요유별나지 않습니다유별나지 않아유별나지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 유별나세요유별나십니다유별나셔유별나시다
과거Past 유별나셨어요유별나셨습니다유별나셨어유별나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
유별난
과거Past
유별난
미래Future
유별날
회상Used to
유별나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
유별나고
-게-ly / so that
유별나게
-어서so / and then
유별나서
-으니까since
유별나니까
-으면if / when
유별나면
-지만but
유별나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
유별난데
-어도even if
유별나도

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.

그것은 우리의 전자 모형이 유별난 또 다른 이유입니다.

Well, that's another quirk of our model of the electron.

DB: 네, 그가 한 연설 중에 제일 나았다고 봐요. 그의 유별남을 없애줬다고도 봅니다.

Yeah, I thought it was his best speech, and it took away the freakishness of him.

아니면 이랬겠죠. "나는 흥미로운 사람이야. 대부분의 사람들이 훌륭하고 유별난 또라이라고 생각하지만 말야."

Or you may say of yourself, "I am intriguing, even if I am regarded by most people as a great, thundering twit."

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 유별나다 in Korean?

유별나다 (odd, eccentric, peculiar, bizarre) is 유별나요 in the polite 해요체, 유별납니다 in formal 합니다체, 유별나 in casual 반말 and 유별나다 in the plain written style. The past is 유별났어요.

What is the past tense of 유별나다?

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

Is 유별나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 유별납니다, 유별나, 유별나니 all keep 유별나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 유별나다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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