Skip to content
fluentbyear

KOREAN VERB

특이하다

to be unusual, to be peculiar (a school, a person, a taste)

  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am unusual
NegativeI am not unusual

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was unusual
NegativeI was not unusual

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 특이하다

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

  1. Present

    이 식당은 메뉴가 좀 특이해요.

    This restaurant's menu is a bit unusual.

  2. Past

    어제 본 영화는 결말이 정말 특이했어요.

    The film I saw yesterday had a really unusual ending.

  3. Future

    그 학교 수업은 아마 많이 특이할 거예요.

    That school's classes will probably be very unusual.

  4. Honorific

    우리 할아버지는 입맛이 좀 특이하세요.

    My grandpa has rather peculiar tastes.

  5. Connectives

    이름이 특이해서 다들 한 번에 기억해요.

    My name is unusual, so everyone remembers it at once.

Good to know

  • 특이하다 is unusual in a neutral or odd way; 특별하다 is special in a good way, and 이상하다 is strange or wrong.

Where you hear 특이하다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 부엌에서 배운 한국어는 특이합니다. Korean learned in a kitchen is unusual.
  • 첫 수업 날 학생들이 제 이름이 특이하다고 했어요. On the first day of class the students said my name was unusual.
  • 내일 그 식당에 가면 메뉴가 좀 특이할 거야. If we go to that restaurant tomorrow, the menu will be a bit unusual.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.