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KOREAN VERB

이상하다

to be strange, to be odd; of a machine, to act up

  • #396 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am strange
NegativeI am not strange

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was strange
NegativeI was not strange

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be strange
NegativeI won’t be strange

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am strange (respectfully)
PastI was strange (respectfully)
FutureI will be strange (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being strange, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being strange, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am strange
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am strange
  5. But (-지만) I am strange, but…

How to use 이상하다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    이 우유 맛이 좀 이상해요.

    This milk tastes a bit strange.

  2. Past

    어제부터 세탁기 돌아가는 소리가 이상했어요.

    Since yesterday the washing machine has sounded odd when it runs.

  3. Future

    그 옷에 그 모자는 이상할 거예요.

    That hat will look odd with that outfit.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 어디 이상하세요? 얼굴이 안 좋아요.

    Grandma, is something wrong? You don't look well.

  5. Connectives

    냉장고가 이상해서 수리 기사를 불렀어요.

    The fridge was acting up, so I called a repairman.

Good to know

  • 이상해요 covers a strange taste, a strange person and a machine acting up; 이상하게 is "oddly".

Where you hear 이상하다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 오늘 페달이 좀 이상해요. The pedal's acting up a bit today.
  • 어제 소리가 이상했어요. The sound was strange yesterday.
  • 그 노래는 느리게 하면 이상할 거예요. That song will sound odd if we play it slowly.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.